VATICAN CITY
Daily Mail
By CHRIS PLEASANCE FOR MAILONLINE and REUTERS
21 May 2018
Pope Francis allegedly told a gay man: ‘That you are gay does not matter. God made you like that and he loves you like that’
Pope Francis told a gay man that ‘God made you like that’ and that being homosexual ‘does not matter’, it has been reported.
Juan Carlos Cruz, a victim of sexual abuse by bishops in Chile, claims the Pope made the remark during a private meeting at the Vatican three weeks ago.
Cruz was invited to the city and to the Pope’s private residence at Sancta Marta along with two other victims so the pontiff could apologise for failing to take their allegations seriously in the past.
During the meeting Cruz told Francis about being abused by Father Fernando Karadima and the fact that his sexuality had been used to discredit him.
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