The recently ousted head of the Vatican's main charitable organization is breaking six months of silence to denounce his removal as a “brutal power grab.”
FILE - Aloysius John, Secretary General of Caritas Internationalis, speaks during a press conference to present a document on the 5th anniversary of Pope Francis' encyclical"Laudato si" calling on the world to act to stop the human destruction of the planet, at the Vatican's press room, Thursday, June 18, 2020. The recently ousted head of the Vatican's main charitable organization is breaking six months of silence to denounce his removal as a brutal power grab.
When they began complaining internally in 2021, the Caritas board investigated but declined to take action. The complaints continued, prompting the Vatican to step in and launch an independent, external inquiry. The results led to the Nov. 22 papal decree removing John, Tagle and the Caritas leadership and naming temporary administrators to govern until elections this week.
In response, Caritas Internationalis said it has spent the past six months on a “journey of renewal and communion” based on Francis’ decree calling for a reform of the organization. Francis recently approved new statutes for Caritas Internationalis that will be presented to delegates at the meeting starting this week.
More recently, John’s 2019-2022 tenure was problematic from the start. He failed to initially win a majority of votes in the Caritas election, even after other candidates dropped out or were prevented by the Vatican from running. Some of the Caritas staff complained about how Caritas and John handled the aftermath, given a 2019 Vatican law that required Delft and anyone who allegedly covered up for him to be reported to the Holy See.
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