Hi Mike, I decided to do more research into Maciel last night. OMG! I often heard when I was younger the saying, 'the smoke of Sa**n will enter the Church and go to the top.' The Traddies who used this phrase aimed it at the Vat IIers or those who believed in a social gospel of justice. They said this while praising, and asking God's blessing, on JPII, Ratzinger, Sodano and Bertone. These four men - with their allies - have absolutely trashed our Church. JPII DID know about Maciel and sexual/drug taking allegations against him since day one of his Papacy. Bertone helped himself to Peter Pence money, sacked the guy who was heading the investigation into the Vatican bank, surrounded himself with corrupt clerics, built himself a palace. Sodano supported every murderous regime in South America. They allowed powerful groups of clergymen to overrun the Vatican, connected through homosexual parties or through seeking power.
I'll post up a link to one documentary if I can. God help Francis!