ROME - In the ongoing case involving the leader of a lay Catholic association in Sicily charged with the sexual abuse of at least six underage girls, a former bishop of the local diocese in the 1980s has denied having any knowledge of the accusations and said the issue “had been buried.”
“No one came to tell me clearly how things stood,” said Monsignor Giuseppe Malandrino, who was Bishop of Acireale for over 18 years (1979-1998), in an early May interview with local media. “What can I control if there’s nothing? Now everyone speaks, but at the time…”
https://cruxnow.com/global-church/2018/05/15/bishop-denies-knowledge-of-abuse-charges-against-archangel-and-followers/
https://cruxnow.com/global-church/2018/05/15/bishop-denies-knowledge-of-abuse-charges-against-archangel-and-followers/
