Franz Jalics was informed by letter during the abduction. Both Jalics and Orlando Yorio left the Jesuit Order, but were later offered reinstatement to it: Jalics accepted but Yorio did not. On 15 April 2005, a human rights lawyer filed a criminal complaint against Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J.--then the Archbishop of Buenos Aires (and who became Pope Francis in 2013)--as superior in the Society of Jesus of Argentina, accusing him of involvement in the kidnapping. On 15 March 2013, Fr. Jalics made a public statement on the occasion of the election of his former superior, who as Pope had taken the
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