Interested in Pope Francis? Add Pope Francis as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Pope Francis news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Add InterestThe author of the bombshell accusation that Pope Francis covered up sex abuse broke his silence Wednesday and insisted he didn't act out of revenge or anger but out of love for the Catholic Church. Vigano's accusations published Sunday — that Francis and before him Pope Benedict XVI knew of ex-Cardinal McCarrick's sexual preying on seminarians — have thrown Francis' papacy into crisis. Benedict's then-butler, Paolo Gabrieli, was convicted of stealing the papers and leaking them to an Italian journalist who published them in a blockbuster book.

Source: ABC News August 29, 2018 08:36 UTC