By Steve Nolan and Tom Worden PUBLISHED: 09:28 EST, 14 March 2013 | UPDATED: 17:30 EST, 14 March 2013 Pope Francis (left) with Jorge Videla, head of the Argentine Junta, responsible for the death, disappearance and torture of tens of thousands of Argentines in its so-called Dirty War Pope Francis I has been accused of turning his back on a family who lost five relatives to the military junta during Argentina's Dirty War. The De la Cuadra family appealed to the Jesuit leader in Rome for help when the relatives disappeared, including pregnant Elena De la Cuadra who was kidnapped and killed in 1977.
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The De la Cuadra family asked the Jesuits to help find missing relatives
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A note is alleged to have claimed that a kidnapped relative gave birth
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Pope accused of not standing up to junta during dictatorship
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Denies claims he turned blind eye to torturing of Jesuit priests
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Supporters say he put himself in danger to curb excesses of military
After several months the monsignor passed a written note from a military colonel to the family informing them that @placeholder had given birth in captivity but the baby girl had been adopted.