In my November 23, 2025, article entitled, “Pope Leo is following Francis’ Abuse Cover-Up Playbook,” I wrote, “One reason to suspect a cover-up and an abuse of ecclesiastical power is the fact that Pope Leo recently dispensed Father Eleuterio ‘Lute’ Vásquez González (pictured above), who, along with Father Ricardo Yesquén, was accused of abusing victims defended by Msgr. Ricardo Coronado Arrascue, including Ana María Quispe Díaz.” Another reason I reached this conclusion was that then-Bishop Robert Prevost appeared to have been responsible for the unjust laicization of Msgr. Coronado Arrascue, not only in retaliation for accusing Prevost and members of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference of covering up abuse, but also because he claimed that Prevost revictimized victims like Quispe and her sisters.
Less than two weeks after I published my article, the Chicago Sun-Times reported on December 4, 2025, that they came into possession of an incriminating “recording of a meeting in April between the Rev. Giampiero Gambaro, OFM Cap. with Ana María Quispe Díaz and others accusing certain Peruvian clerics of sexual abuse and cover-ups. The recording revealed that Vásquez, one of Quispe’s abusers, “had confessed to church officials years ago, and in September was granted an ‘honorable discharge’.”