Pope Francis claims to be a humble man. If that's truly the case, I hope he's bowed before an altar somewhere right now and displaying the utmost penitence, thanking the Bossman upstairs profusely for the existence of President Trump. Because as long as Trump is in power and working tirelessly every day to remain The Most Hated Man on Earth, the Vatican will probably emerge merely dinged from yet another horrifying, enduring child-abuse scandal that has destroyed lives all over the world.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the Vatican is poised to release a statement regarding accusations that Francis lifted in-house “sanctions” (more on that in a second) on disgraced American archbishop Theodore McCarrick, who was accused of molesting youths throughout his career and for whom the Church has already paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal settlements. McCarrick is hardly the first disgraced priest to operate with impunity. A Pennsylvania grand jury reported that more than 300 priests were abusers in that state alone. Seven other states are conducting similar investigations, and more are on the way. The victims number in the thousands, and likely in the tens of thousands. And that's merely the abuse we know of. History tells us there will be more, and it will be never-ending.
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