The former Lima and Cardinal of Opus Dei, Juan Luis Cipriani, Through a letter sent to the newspaper El País, she responded to a report in which it is revealed that, in 2019, she was withdrawn by the Pope after being denounced for abuse to a minor. Cipriani in the letter rejected the accusations said that the penalties imposed against him for the Supreme Pontiff were without being heard or having carried out due process.
“In August 2018 I was informed that a complaint had come that was not given to me. Next, without having been heard, without having known more and without a process opened, on December 18, 2019 the Apostolic Nuncio communicated me communicated me Verbally that the congregation for the doctrine of faith had imposed a series of penalties limiting my priestly ministry and asking that it had a stable residence outside Peru. In the letter.
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According to El País, the child, who is now 58 years old, wrote a letter to Pope Francis in 2018 denouncing that in 1983, when he was between 16 and 17 years old, he was a victim of touching, kisses and caresses by of Cipriani. But that is not all, according to the sources, in 2002 there was already a complaint against the cardinal, but he had no follow -up.
The victim, whose identity remains secret, said that in the same year that the events occurred, he told what had happened to Opus Dei; That is, in 1983. It is so when in 2019 Cipriani was exiled, for at least 35 years the abuses he would have committed were already known. Opus Dei said he has no record of that complaint.
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The complainant sent his letter in 2018, he explained that he did not want revenge but wanted them to take into account his testimony to make decisions in the future about the Bishop of Lima and Cardinal of Peru. “I just want that apart from the Church to a pastor who has hurt me and does not deserve all the privileges he has received in these years,” the victim asked.
Opus Dei learned about the letter and began working to stop the process. The victim said he was harassed by relatives and relatives related to that apostolic community. The country managed to have access to WhatsApp messages in which it is evident that a Peruvian bishop wrote to the victim so that together they wrote a letter that denies the facts of the previous complaint. Thus, messages came with threats to disseminate his name in the press and be denounced.
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The complainant in 1983 had school problems, was a father’s orphan and his mother sent him to Opus Dei to help him study. Cipriani was his confessor, confessions that were face to face in a room, those talks became more extensive, even 45 minutes, which became a nightmare. The victim says he sent him to call.
“I confessed with him every week or two weeks for more than a year. They were very tough confessions. I recriminated me with crudeness about my failures in the studies or in my behavior. There came a point where I felt very bad and sometimes I cried. I was kneeling in front of him, among his legs I put his hand, raising the diver, stroking my buttocks.
In his letter, he assures that Cipriani gave him kisses, hugged him and tightened him against his body by hitting his genitals against his chest and when the kisses began to approach the commissure of his lips, he rejected him and it was the last time that He confessed with him.
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He reports that he informed adults in Opus Dei, they called him days later, he met with Vicar General, already deceased, and other priests and asked him not to tell anyone that they had spoken to Cipriani and that he told them that the victim was an orphan with problems and that he misunderstood what happened. He says that he later met Cipriani, fear he expected an apology, but it was a meeting in which he manipulated the situation to make the victim feel guilty and even insulted him.
The Vatican denies Juan Luis Cipriani and ratifies validity of sanctions against him for complaints of sexual abuse
The Vatican ratified the validity of the disciplinary sanctions against theExarzobispo de Lima Juan Luis Ciprianifor accusations of sexual abuse. The announcement came through the spokesman, Matteo Bruni, and evidenced the lies present in the Cardinal’s statement, who denied having committed Pedersetia and assured that he was sanctioned “without having been heard.”
After the dissemination of said writing, the Santa See remembered Cipriani which has restrictions “related to its public activity, place of residence and use of badges” and that these were accepted by himself.
He also indicated that “although specific sometimes some permits were agreed to host requests due to age and the family situation of the cardinal, in the current state such a precept is still in force.” This in response to Cipriani, who indicated that since 2020, Pope Francis allowed him to resume his pastoral tasks such as the preaching of spiritual retreats, administration of sacraments, among others.
Also, the Vatican refers to “accusations” against Cipriani, however, the religious only mentioned a single complaint against him. “In August 2018 I was informed of a complaint that was not given to me,” he said.
