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<div class="gmail-article-engagement gmail-col-sm-2"><div class="gmail-article-content gmail-col-sm-10"><h1 class="gmail-article-title">Dissident cardinal who <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">covered up sex abuse</span> dies. Pope <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">praises him as ‘zealous pastor’</span></h1><a href="https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/dissident-cardinal-who-covered-up-sex-abuse-dies">https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/dissident-cardinal-who-covered-up-sex-abuse-dies</a><br></div><div class="gmail-article-content gmail-col-sm-10">March 14, 2019 (<a href="http://www.lifesitenews.com">LifeSiteNews</a>)
– <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>Close papal collaborator Belgian Cardinal Godfried Danneels, who was <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">
caught </span>on tape encouraging a sex abus</b></span>e<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b> victim</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>to <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)">remain silent and
“acknowledge your own guilt,”</span></b></span><b> <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">has died at 85</span>.<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"> The Pope </span><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">has already
issued praise for the deceased heterodox cardinal, calling him a
“<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)">zealous pastor</span>” who was “a<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)">ttentive to the challenges of the
contemporary Church.</span>”</span></span></b><div class="gmail-article-text-wrapper">
<p>“May God have mercy on his soul,” said John-Henry Westen,
editor-in-chief and co-founder of LifeSiteNews. “We pray Cardinal
Danneels repented for his role in covering up sex abuse and advancing
heterodoxy. We are praying for the repose of his soul,” he added.</p>
<p>Danneels, the former archbishop of Brussels, was the chairman of the Belgian bishops’ conference from 1979 to 2010.</p>
<p>He “served the Church with dedication, not only in his diocese, but
also at the national level as president of the Conference of Bishops of
Belgium, while being a member of various Roman dicasteries,” Pope
Francis said in his <a href="http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2019/03/14/190314a.html">telegram about the cardinal’s death</a>.</p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>Danneels appeared with <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">Pope Francis on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica after his 2013 papal election.</span></b><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The Pope <a href="http://voiceofthefamily.com/heterodox-cardinal-embroiled-in-child-abuse-cover-up-scandal-is-popes-special-appointee-to-family-synod/">personally appointed</a>
Danneels to participate in both synods on the family, a role the
pontiff acknowledged in his statement on Danneels’ death: “Cardinal
Danneels also took an active role in various Synods of Bishops,
including those of 2014 and 2015 on the family.”</span></span></p>
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Pope Francis honored Cardinal
Godfried Danneels (2nd from left) by letting him stand alongside the
pope on the balcony on the night of his election on March 13, 2013.
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>Danneels <a href="https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/cardinal-danneels-admits-being-part-of-clerical-mafia-that-plotted-francis">had <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">admitted</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"> </span>to being part of a group of left-wing prelates, the “Saint Gallen mafia,” who successfully conspired </b><b>to elect</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>Pope Francis.</b></span></p>
<p>T<span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>he Cardinal was <a href="https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/six-cases-where-the-sexual-abuse-scandal-touches-pope-francis"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">caught </span>on tape</a>
in 2010 discouraging a sex-abuse<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"> victim </span>from <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">reporting</span><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"> that</span> he had been
abused for 13 years by Bishop Roger Vangheluwe. <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">The victim was <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">Bishop
Vangheluwe</span>’s nephew</span>. Upon<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"> the release of the tape,</span> during which Danneels
also told <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">the victim</span> to “ask for forgiveness,” Vangheluwe<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"> admitted</span> the
abuse and <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">resigned.</span></b></span></p>
<p>“He has been called to God at this time of purification and of
walking toward the Resurrection of the Lord. I ask Christ, victor over
evil and death, to welcome him in His peace and joy,” the papal telegram
continued. “As a pledge of comfort, I offer a special apostolic
blessing to you and to the relatives of the deceased Cardinal, the
pastors, the faithful and all those who will take part in the funeral.”</p>
<p>The telegram was sent to Cardinal Jozef De Kesel, Danneels’ liberal successor.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/gay-marriage-a-positive-development-retired-belgian-cardinal-danneels">I<span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>n 2013</b></span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>, Danneels called laws allowing same-sex “marriage” a “positive development.” A 2015 book <a href="https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/cardinal-danneels-congratulated-belgian-gvmt-for-legalizing-gay-marriage-ne">alleges</a>
Danneels congratulated the Belgian government when it legalized
same-sex “marriage.” In spite of<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"> Catholic teaching,</span> the cardinal <a href="https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/contrary-to-catholic-teaching-belgian-cardinal-advocates-use-of-condoms-to-">endorsed the use of condoms</a> as protection from HIV/AIDs</b></span>. <a href="https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/cardinal-danneels-tried-to-convince-belgian-king-to-sign-bill-legalizing-ab">According
to two Belgian politicians,<span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b> Danneels also tried to convince the king of
Belgium to sign a bill legalizing abortion in 1990</b></span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>.</b></span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-danneels/roman-catholic-liberal-cardinal-danneels-dies-aged-85-vatican-idUSKCN1QV1YX">A <em>Reuters</em> report</a>
on Danneels’ death didn’t mention his sex abuse cover-up scandal, but
noted he was <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>a “strong liberal voice </b></span>within the Roman Catholic Church.”
The article called the prelate “a jovial and gifted preacher.”</p>
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