Sean Adl-Tabatabai – Pope Francis has slammed Catholic officials who criticize him for mishandling the child sex abuse scandal in the Church, calling them “megalomaniacs.”

According to one of Francis’ closest advisers, the pontiff has remained silent about allegations raised by a former Vatican ambassador that he mishandled the case of child abuser Theodore McCarrick to avoid feeding his accuser’s “megalomania.”

Breitbart.com reports: Víctor Manuel Fernández, archbishop of La Plata, Argentina, and a close personal friend of the pope, said in an interview Monday that the pontiff’s strategy of silence regarding allegations against him stems from his policy of not feeding people’s craving for attention.

Pope Francis “always said that it is not advisable to defend himself from people who seek the limelight, because it would give them what they seek and feed their megalomania,” Fernandez said. “I guess that criterion applies in this case.” Continue reading →