[Catholic Caucus] The Pope Knew… and Did Nothing
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We were practically nothing to him, ex-seminarian says of Bishop Zanchetta s abusive behavior – Catholic World Report
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Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta. / /ACI PrensaDenver Newsroom, Mar 14, 2022 / 09:41 am (CNA).One of the former seminarians who was the victim of sexual abuse by Argentine Bishop Emeritus Gustavo Zanchetta of Orán says the powerful prelate manipulated young men under his authority with clothing, computers, and other gifts, discriminated against darker-skinned seminarians, and "bragged about being friends" with Pope Francis."The truth is that we had a bad time. Although we all entered with the illusion of being priests, of serving people in the name of God, we lived through very hard times, of a lot of discrimination, of a lot of mistreatment and pain because the Church tried to hide everything that happened," the former seminarian, identified only as "M.C." told journalist Silvia Noviasky of the newspaper El Tribuno in an exclusive interview."M.C." and another one-time seminarian, identified in court documents as as "G.G.F.L.," claimed that Za