Leo XIV Appoints Disciple of the Homosexual Karadima as Bishop in Chile
Monsignor Ferrada was the Secretary of the Dicastery for the Clergy. He is also a member of the Dicasteries for Evangelization and for Bishops.
Born on June 10, 1969, in Santiago de Chile, Archbishop Ferrada earned a Licentiate from the Pontifical Biblical Institute and a Doctorate from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.
In July 1999 he was ordained to the priesthood.
Inner Circle of Homosexual Karadima
Monsignor Ferrada was a disciple of the charismatic and homosexual abuser priest Fernando Karadima. The latter was found guilty by the Vatican of sexual abuse of adolescent boys.
Ferrada had been a member of Karadima’s priestly grouping (the “Unión Sacerdotal”) up to about 2010. InfoVaticana.com added: “Together with nine other priests he left the Union just before an ecclesiastical investigation declared Karadima guilty (Feb 2011).”
In October 2010, Andrés Ferrada testified to having witnessed acts of homosexual abuse by Karadima. He added that no one in the Church hierarchy took action.
His meteoric career in the Francis’ Vatican was part of his public profile in relation to the Karadima case.
Controversial Figure in the Congregation for Clergy
Today's appointment marks the departure of Monsignor Ferrada from the Roman Curia. He had been an official of the Congregation for the Clergy since 2018 and Archbishop since 2021.
SilereNonPossum.com considers the transfer to Chile as “the closing of a chapter marked by internal tensions” within the Dicastery for the Clergy.
His work was characterized by a “confrontational approach,” which reportedly caused friction with both direct collaborators and numerous diocesan bishops from around the world.
He had used his closeness to Pope Francis to act unilaterally and override the Prefect, Cardinal Lazarus You Heung-sik.
“Ferrada's return to Chile is greeted with a sigh of relief, both in the corridors of the Vatican and in the dioceses,” writes SilereNonPossum.com.
Among the criticisms mentioned are delays in administrative processes and unequal treatment of priests – some were protected and others punished harshly without due process.
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