^He's the same as the old pope, only difference is that this new one has Masters degree in Chemistry, I believe. But he's still old bigot, just like the previous one.
Pope Francis Kidnapping Controversy: Jorge Mario Bergoglio Accused Of Involvement In 1976 Abductions
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The election of Pope Francis, previously Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, has resurfaced a decades-old controversy surrounding the kidnappings of two Jesuit priests.
Bergoglio was a high-ranking official in the Society of Jesus of Argentina when a military junta was installed in the South American country in 1976. According to the Los Angeles Times, priests Orlando Yorio and Francisco Jalics were kidnapped in May of that year by the navy. "They surfaced five months later, drugged and seminude, in a field," the Times reported. A 2005 lawsuit accused Bergoglio of unspecified involvement in the abductions. Reuters explains that "the military government secretly jailed [Yorio and Jalics] for their work in poor neighborhoods." A spokesman for Bergoglio called the claims "old slander."
Being accused of something yet never actually convicted makes it hard for me to believe it. Now, I'm sure in time, if he actually did it, we'll find out. But given the current information available, I'm willing to give him, or anyone really, the benefit of the doubt.
It's easy to accuse someone of being too passive when that someone is living under the fear of a dictator. It was either shutting up or getting killed. There is nothing to blame this pope, because like everyone else who lived under Videla's dictatorship he could not do anything about it.
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