Letter Suggests Pope Knew About Abuse Complaints, Despite Denials<br />Marie Collins said that We all felt that the Barros appointment had been a mistake, and when Juan Carlos told me he had been trying to be heard, we thought<br />that this was an opportunity to get the details directly to the pope,<br />Concerned by the accusations against the Chilean bishop, members of the Commission for the Protection of Minors traveled to Rome so<br />that they could deliver Mr. Cruz’s letter to the pope.<br />In the letter, Mr. Cruz wrote that Bishop Barros, who was a priest at the time, witnessed the abuse.<br />" he said. that O’Malley said the letter would be handed to Francis, who I think was literally in the next room,<br />The letter explicitly detailed abuses the victim said were witnessed by other clerics,<br />including Juan Barros Madrid, who was appointed bishop of Osorno, Chile, that year.<br />Marco Politi, a Vatican expert and the author of the book "Pope Francis Among the Wolves," said the pope’s<br />continued belief in the innocence of Bishop Barros must have been based on an internal investigation.
