Peruvian cardinal accused of mishandling seminary allegations
August 05, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Cardinal Carlos Castillo Mattasoglio, appointed by Pope Francis as archbishop of Lima, Peru, in 2019, entrusted the “reform” of the archdiocesan seminary to a priest previously dismissed from the seminary for inappropriate behavior, according to The Pillar.
Father Luis Sarmiento, the seminary rector from 2020 to 2023, then engaged in sexual misconduct with seminarians, and Cardinal Castillo retaliated against seminarians who reported it, sources told The Pillar. Seminary enrollment plunged from 60 to 15.
Cardinal Castillo, the coauthor of a recent book calling for a “post-clerical” Church, has been accused of mishandling other abuse allegations.
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Aug. 05, 2025 1:11 PM ET USA
At the rite of Ordination the Bishop asks the seminary Rector if the candidate is deemed worthy of ordination. The Rector responds, "... I testify that he has been found worthy." But it becomes mockery of Christ, of His Church, and of the Sacrament of Holy Orders when the Rector recommends for ordination his partners in sodomy. How can the ordinations be even valid?
