POPE FRANCIS AND VATICAN IGNORE PLEAS OF ABUSE VICTIMS

Cover-ups often cause more pain and suffering than the actual abuse

From: Rachel Mastrogiacomo <true……….@gmail.com>

Date: Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 10:35 PM

Subject: OPEN LETTERS TO POPE FRANCIS

To: nuntiususa@nuntiususa.org

Dear Cardinal Pierre,

As the Holy Father's representative in the United States, I request that you forward the Holy Father the following open letters that Lisa Roers and I have composed along with this link to our video: "The Prayer of the Prey."  

Thank you and God bless you.

Sincerely in Christ,

Rachel Mastrogiacomo

The email containing a link to the video of the abuse victims’ letters was opened at the Apostolic Nunciature in Washington, D.C. and read at least three times beginning at 10:35 pm on Monday, 30 September 2024. 

When the late psychotherapist Richard Sipe reported in a July 2016 letter to then-Bishop Robert McElroy how then-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick abused 12 seminarians and young priests, the process served letter, intended for Pope Francis who alone had the authority to discipline McCarrick, was never answered. Interestingly, Sipe’s 2016 letter was also never mentioned in the November 2020 “McCarrick Report” which was undertaken after Archbishop Carlo Viganò accused Pope Francis of covering up McCarrick’s predatory behavior and promoting McCarrick’s friends including then-Bishop Robert McElroy.

The fact that both McElroy and the Pope covered up the allegations of no fewer than 12 of McCarrick’s victims can explain why Francis did not respond to the women’s open letter that called for him to discipline Lucas, McElroy, and over 150 bishops credibly accused of abusing minors or vulnerable adults. If one were to compare what happened to Penn State Coach Joe Paterno and university officials involved in the Jerry Sandusky case to the way McElroy and Francis handled Sipe’s allegations against McCarrick, both McElroy and Francis might either be in jail today or doing something else with their lives.

Dr. Gerard J.M. van den Aardweg, an eminent Dutch psychologist, has diagnosed Pope Francis as being “afflicted by one or another form of same-sex attraction.” Aardweg describes why Francis and so many other closeted cardinals, archbishops, and bishops are invested in the homosexual agenda which impacts not only their interpersonal relationships, but also their theological positions and pastoral ministry. This might explain why Francis’ promulgated Fiducia Supplicans and responded quickly and personally to an email from a homosexual young man who was rejected from the seminary. 

Some sex abuse victims’ advocates find that Francis appears psychologically incapable of being empathetic toward female victims of sexual predation. The advocates believe the women interviewed in a cafe in Buenos Aires who testified how Francis, when he was their archbishop, covered up their abuse and refused to respond to their pleas for help, are similar to the nuns who reported being raped by Father Marko Rupnik; Rachel Mastrogiacomo whose abuse was covered by Cardinal Robert McElroy; and Lisa Roers whose abuse by Father Dennis Hanneman continues to be covered up by Archbishop George Lucas. 

After Pope Francis was reported during his recent visit to Belgium to have “expressed his remorse, begged forgiveness, and promised to do everything possible to make sure such abuses never occur again,” Roers and Mastrogiacomo are particularly disappointed in the Pope’s lack of response to their open letters.  Despite the Pope’s failure to address their reported abuse and episcopal cover-ups, the women feel better about having brought the injustices they suffered into the public forum. Even if they cannot get the Pope to "cleanse the temple" or resign, they feel empowered by having documented how Pope Francis and other Church leaders, while claiming they are sorry for abuse perpetrated by clerics, have scandalously engaged in cover-ups which, in many cases, have harmed victims even more than the abuse itself.

The open letters can be read online at: “Open Letters to Pope Francis.”

The open letters video can be viewed at: “The Prayer of the Prey.” 

Gene Thomas Gomulka is a sexual abuse victims’ advocate, investigative reporter, and screenwriter. A former Navy (O6) Captain/Chaplain, seminary instructor, and diocesan respect life director, Gomulka was ordained a priest for the Altoona-Johnstown diocese and later made a Prelate of Honor (Monsignor) by St. John Paul II.  Follow Gene Gomulka on YouTube or email him at msgr.investigations@gmail.com.