Mel Gibson and Joe Rogan discuss claims of the Vatican being run by 'child molesters' and operating 'counterfeit religion'

Joe Rogan recently sat down with American actor and filmmaker Mel Gibson and discussed claims of the Vatican being run by 'child molesters' and operating a 'counterfeit religion'.

In a recent episode of the Joe Rogan Experience, Gibson, a devout Catholic had some harsh criticism for the institution. He claimed that the Vatican was no longer following the teachings of Jesus Christ and its hierarchy was overrun by child abusers and predators.

Gibson also suggested that the leader of the Vatican, Pope Francis is involved in the global network of child abuse within the Church. He also believes that the Church has been taken over by a "counterfeit parallel Church" running an entirely different religion:

"The institution it was instituted by Christ you know but that doesn't mean that it can't be flawed and there's a school of thought that says it isn't what it purports to be anymore, it's moved away from what it was intended to be, what it is almost there's a guy called Bishop Vegano who says it's a counterfeit parallel church and it's it's running an entirely different religion"

Check out Mel Gibson's comments below:

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Mel Gibson reveals on JRE how the Shroud of Turin defies modern science

In the aforementioned podcast, Mel Gibson and Joe Rogan threw light on the recent research surrounding the Shroud of Turin. The Shroud is a cloth that is believed to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ. The Shroud's authenticity had always been questioned but according to recent research, the time is now matching the exact time of Jesus's crucifixion.

Speaking on the holy Shroud, Rogan said:

"I've been reading about it and I know that there's some contention, there's some discussion and debate about it. But they used to think that it was only a couple hundred years old and now they've changed that, yeah they’ve said no it's back then, they also don't understand how it was made which to me is very fascinating because it's not paint, they don't know what caused the image itself and how that technology would have even been available."

Check out Joe Roan's comments below (14:07):