Defrocked priest accused of abuse makes shocking Pope claim

Chicago-born Robert Prevost became the 267th person to become Pope. He is the first Augustinian pope and the second Roman Pontiff — after Pope Francis — from the Americas.

Weeks into his reign, Pope Leo is facing accusations by a defrocked priest accused of s**ual abuse of children.

The former priest, James M. Ray, claimed that it was Pope Leo himself — who at that time served as the head of the Midwest province of the Catholic Church’s Augustinian order — signed an order that let him live at a Hyde Park monastery by a Catholic primary school. Ray added that Prevost was well aware of the claims made against him about abusing at least 13 children, the Mirror reported.

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“He’s the one who gave me permission to stay there,” Ray revealed

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