Monsignor Strickland: Francis More Interested in Silencing Viganò than Solving the Problems

"Archbishop Viganò is swiftly excommunicated while Theodore McCarrick remains unexcommunicated, after years of his crimes against the Church have come to light," writes Monsignor Joseph Strickland on X.com (6 July).

Instead of addressing the "serious questions" and "allegations" raised by Monsignor Viganò, he is being summarily removed from the Church "with an obvious motive to silence him".

Monsignor Strickland notes that Cardinal McCarrick and a long list of others have contradicted Church teaching "and their voices are allowed and even openly supported".

Therefore, "we are left with only stones to cry out for justice because the voices of faithful disciples are muted, ignored or even silenced".

Strickland is referring to Viganò's role as a whistleblower. In 2018, Viganò revealed that he had informed Francis at the beginning of his pontificate about the abuse problems surrounding Cardinal McCarrick, who was subsequently disciplined by Benedict XVI.

But Francis reversed Benedict's measures and sent Cardinal McCarrick on various missions, including to China.

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