While the controversy for participation in the cardinal’s conclave Angelo Becciucondemned for corruption, it was resolved on Monday after the Italian himself agreed Juan Luis Ciprianisanctioned by a complaint of sexual abuse.
Although Pope Francis has sanctioned it last January with disciplinary restrictions that include the exile from your native country, the prohibition of carrying cardinal symbols and public statementsthe purple was seen among his peers ignoring this sanction.
Anyway, by his age, You will not be able to participate in the Argentine successor’s choice process. The Peruvian is 81 years old while they can only participate in the cardinal conclave under 80.
This Monday, Cipriani, first cardinal in the history of Opus Dei, He joined the general congregations, preparatory meetings for the conclave, whose objective to defend candidates and establish alliances for the Votation in the Sistine Chapel.
The presence of the Peruvian in the Vatican was seen as a offense towards victims of abuse in the church and even towards Francisco, who explicitly sanctioned him with restrictions on his public activity and the Use of religious badges.
In this regard, Cardinal Argentino Ángel Rossi He considered that if the Pope had given clear instructions regarding the exclusion of certain glitters, they had to be respected: “If he said no, it would be good if not,” he said in dialogue with the snail.
The complaint against Juan Luis Cipriani
In 2018, the scandal exploded from the complaint revealed in the newspaper El País de España. The victim wrote a letter addressed to Pope Francis To detail the facts he suffered in 1983, when he was between 16 and 17 years old. The media added that It was not the first time that accusations of this type were presented against the exarzobispo of Lima and member of Opus Dei. The sources consulted by the Spanish newspaper said there was already a previous complaint in 2002.
Earlier this year, the director of the Vatican Press Office, Matteo Bruniconfirmed that the Vatiacano accepted the resignation of Cipriani as Archbishop of Lima and reported that “He was imposed a criminal precept with certain disciplinary measures regarding his public activity, place of residence and use of badges.”
“And although sometimes specific permits were granted to attend requests due to the age and family situation of the cardinal, at present, this Precept is still valid“The spokesman stressed.
For his part, the cardinal responded through a letter where He emphasized that the accusations are “completely false.”
“I have not committed any crime or sexually abused anyone or in 1983neither before nor after, ”he highlights the text, in which the cardinal confirms the existence of a complaint against him in 2018 and the fact that, in 2019, without a process being opened.
In addition, he denounced that the measures arranged by Francisco were taken “without having been heardwithout knowing more and without opening a process. ”
Source: Ambito
