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The Jorge Mario Bergoglio Scandal

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During the dirty war, priests and Bishops claim Jorge Mario Bergogolio allowed 2 Jesuit priest to be kidnapped by the military. Jorge denies any of these accusations and Jorge claims he actually saved people from being kidnapped. This has caused controversy as the new pope of the catholic Church. Jorge was born on December 17, 1936. He graduated as a chemical technician but decided to change his path to the path of priesthood. He entered as a novice priest into the Society of Jesus on March 11 1958. Over the next few years he completed his studies in philosophy, humanities and theology. Jorge was finally made a priest on December 13 1969. On July 31 1973 he was appointed Provincial of the Jesuits in Argentina until 1979. In recent months the media has made it public of Jorge Mario Bergoglio scandal because of Jorge becoming the pope of the Roman Catholic Church. As the provincial leader of the Jesuits, Jorge is accused by many priests and bishops that he let 2 of his Jesuits priest named Orlando Yorio and Francisco Jallics be kidnapped by the military government in 1976. The Jesuit Priests were advocating the Catholic Church in the slums when they were kidnapped. Yorio, one of the Jesuits priests that got kidnapped accused Jorge of giving the Jesuits priests to the military government by telling the military government he does not endorse their work. The Jesuits were misunderstood by the church as the military thought they were linked to the leftist guerrillas. The military Soldiers interrogated and arrested the 2 Jesuit priests and tortured and blind folded for five months. After five months of torture, Jorge had helped free both Jesuit priests after he went behind the scenes to save them by saying mass in junta leaders home where he appealed for the freedom of the Jesuit priest. Jorge intervening saved their lives. However Jorge did not share what he did for them until interviewed for his biography. Jorge claims he had helped many p

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