The Vatican announced that Luis Ladaria Ferrera, a Spanish Jesuit, would lead the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith RICCARDO DE LUCA/APThe Pope’s battle to reform the Catholic Church risks a serious setback as allegations emerge that his choice for leader of the Vatican’s doctrinal watchdog failed to report a serial sex abuser, allowing the defrocked priest to commit new crimes. On Saturday the Vatican announced that Luis Ladaria Ferrer, a Spanish Jesuit, would lead the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. He succeeds Cardinal Gerhard Müller of Germany, who was denied another five-year term because he was perceived to be dragging his feet on action against paedophile priests, and is thought to oppose the Pope’s compassionate approach to sexual morality. He concealed serious crimes from the Italian police until a few years ago. He allowed dangerous people to remain at largeArchbishop Ladaria wrote to the bishop of Foggia in 2012 instructing him not to divulge the reasons why Father Gianni Trotta had been stripped…

Source: The Times July 03, 2017 04:07 UTC