FILE PHOTO: Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano speaks during a pro-life youth Mass at the Verizon Center in Washington, U.S., January 22, 2015. REUTERS/Gregory A. Shemitz
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A conservative Italian archbishop who has publicly criticised Pope Francis over a sexual misconduct case on Friday denied he was trying to foment an overthrow of the papacy.
Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, who is now in hiding, threw the Roman Catholic Church into turmoil in August when he called on the pope to resign, accusing him of covering up sexual misconduct by a now-disgraced senior churchman in the United States.
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