Conservatives Accused Prevost of Covering Up Abuses in Peru and the United States on the Eve of Conclave · Global Voices

El Pais writes that accusations of covering up harassment when he was in Peru are mounted before the Conclave

Leon XIV comes with controversy included. During the last months, and more explicitly in the hours prior to the conclave, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been the subject of a campaign promoted by ultra-conservative sectors of the Church. The accusation is that he has concealed several cases of sexual abuse committed by a Peruvian priest in 2004 and that, according to that version, Prevost would have known and not investigated in 2022, when …

Leo XIV is another pope who ascends through his work in South America: born in the USA, he worked for decades in Peru. In poor areas and away from the cities. He already connects the Americas. Now he should do it all over the world. But from Peru and from an association for abuse victims come accusations.

Immobilist groups encouraged a campaign that accused him of looking the other way but that the Vatican investigated and denied

What's circulating: A dossier and several derivative publications circulated since the day before the conclave claim that Robert Prevost, before being elected Leo XIV, covered up cases of sexual abuse in the dioceses of Chicago (USA) and Chiclayo (Peru). The case they've most developed is the alleged "cover-up" of a complaint of abuse against three girls between the ages of 9 and 11 in Peru in 2004. What we know: Prevost is accused of covering u…

Rumors circulating in the moments leading up to and during the Conclaves are rife and tend to target the most likely cardinals, seeking to sway the vote. However, many do not reach the general public until after the new Supreme Pontiff has been elected. Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, has not escaped this and is now the subject of accusations of covering up sexual abuse within the Church. The Vatican denies this, but various sectors rely on th…