Journalist who accused Pope Francis of collaborating with Argentine junta was himself employed by dictators, investigators charge
May 18, 2015
An Argentine journalist who accused Pope Francis of having collaborated with the country’s military rulers was himself on the payroll of the Argentine junta in the late 1970s, according to a new investigative report.
Horacio Verbitsky, a journalist associated with a left-wing group in the 1970s, was later a speechwriter for Brigadier General Omar Domingo Rubens Graffigna, a key member of the military junta, according to a book by two investigative journalists. The book details evidence that Verbitsky signed a lucrative contract to work with the military leadership from 1978 to 1982.
After the fall of the military regime, Verbitsky became prominent for denouncing human-rights violations. After the election of Pope Francis he publicized charges that then-Father Bergoglio had cooperated with the junta, while acting as Jesuit provincial in Buenos Aires, by silencing Jesuits who were critical of the regime.
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