Four Convictions from 114 Names: The Conciliar Sect’s Theater of Accountability
The Pillar reports that a canonical process in Portugal concluded with the dismissal from the clerical state of Father Albino Meireles, following a prior civil conviction for child abuse. This marks the final case stemming from a 2023 Independent Commission report that handed Portuguese dioceses lists of 114 alleged clerical abusers. The outcome: a mere four convictions directly attributable to the Commission’s work, with ten total canonical sanctions among the 114 names. Carla Rodrigues, a lawyer involved in diocesan protection commissions, attributes the low rate to legal hurdles like the statute of limitations, while survivor advocate António Grosso condemns the “silence, cover-ups, formalism and bureaucracy” of the hierarchy. Rodrigues praises a “significant shift” towards professionalism and victim support, a claim starkly contradicted by the abysmal conviction rate and the case of Father José Cruz, whose investigation was only opened after a media inquiry. This entire process, presented as reform, is a performative exercise in damage control by a paramasonic structure that has systematically enabled predators while persecuting the faithful.


