Recent events, such as Pope Leo’s remarks about sex abuse during his recent visit to Spain, and the wording of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) revised “Dallas Charter,” make sex abuse victims, abuse advocates, and whistleblowers want to scream.
What Pope Leo was reported to have said in Spain about the “scourge” of sex abuse by Catholic clergy was reminiscent of what Pope Francis said in Belgium in September 2024 when he was “met with anger” over his mishandling of clerical sex abuse. Even though both pontiffs decried abuse and met with some Belgian and Spanish victims, neither of them ever disciplined over 160 bishops credibly accused of sexually abusing children and vulnerable adults, as documented by BishopAccountability.org.
Gullible mainstream and Catholic media sources often fail to report how recent popes are “weak on crime,” like the criminal sexual abuse of children and vulnerable adults. It is indisputable that Francis was, and Leo is, “all talk and no action” when it comes to disciplining clerical predators and bishops who cover up abuse.
Neither Francis nor Leo responded to “The Prayer of the Prey,” which documents cases of truly egregious clerical sexual abuse. Any Catholic who clicks on and watches “The Prayer of the Prey” cannot help but be ashamed of being a member of the Roman Catholic Church, headed by popes and bishops who tolerate predator priests like former Father Jacob Bertrand who satanically abused Rachel Mastrogiacomo, and priests like Father Dennis Hanneman who was reported to the Antelope County Sheriff’s Department for having insert consecrated hosts, rosaries, and candles into the lower orifices of at least two girls, including Lisa Roers, featured in “The Prayer of the Prey.” This behavior is not only sick and evil, but the cover-up and spiritual betrayal by
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