Advocates for victims of the disgraced founder of the Legion of Christ, Marcial Maciel, as well as other Mexican priests, have presented a petition asking that Mexican Cardinal Norberto Rivera be excluded from the conclave to choose the next pope.
“Covering up and not acting to prevent sexual abuses of children by pedophile priests strips you of the moral stature required to participate in the election of the new leader of the Catholic Church,” the petition said.