US EditionAbuse survivors demand next pope enact zero-tolerance policy
- On Wednesday, a group of individuals who have experienced clergy sexual abuse called on cardinals to choose a pope committed to implementing a universal zero-tolerance approach to abuse.
- The demand arose as cardinals meet informally this week before the May 7 conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis amid ongoing concern over the abuse crisis.
- Advocacy groups such as SNAP introduced the Conclave Watch initiative to evaluate cardinals' histories regarding abuse cases, while Vatican disciplinary measures have been imposed on an 81-year-old cardinal from Peru associated with Opus Dei amid allegations of sexual misconduct.
- The zero-tolerance policy calls for permanent removal of priests after a single abuse act admitted or legally established, a standard adopted by the U.S. Church in 2002 but rarely embraced elsewhere.
- These developments emphasize the continuing scandal's visibility, with survivors rejecting any pope who shields offenders and raising questions about abuse's prominence in papal selection discussions.
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Abuse victims want next pope to get serious on ‘zero tolerance’
The next leader of the global Catholic Church needs to put the issue of clerical sex abuse at the heart of their papacy, victims' advocates said on Wednesday, criticizing the legacies of the last three popes.
Abuse victims want next pope to get serious on 'zero tolerance'
ROME - The next leader of the global Catholic Church needs to put the issue of clerical sex abuse at the heart of their papacy, victims' advocates said on Wednesday, criticising the legacies of the last three popes. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Abuse survivors demand next pope enact zero-tolerance policy, identify cardinals with poor records
A coalition of survivors of clergy sexual abuse demanded Wednesday that cardinals entering the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis pick a pope who will adopt a universal zero-tolerance policy for abuse and himself has a clean record handling cases.
Abuse Survivors Lose Faith After Pope Francis’s Death—Will the Next Pope Bury the Truth or Expose It?
Abuse survivors of Church abuse worry that the Church's next leader will carry on a tradition of secrecy rather than bringing about long-overdue justice and reform in the wake of Pope Francis's passing.
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The US SunAbuse survivors fear they've 'no hope' of justice after Pope Francis' death
CATHOLIC Church sex abuse survivors have no hope in whoever is nominated to lead the Vatican following the death of Pope Francis. Billions of Catholics mourned the death of the pontiff, who died on the morning of April 21, a day after Francis emerged from his residence in the Vatican’s guesthouse to bless the thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square to celebrate Easter Sunday. AFPThousands of Catholic mourners traveled to St. Peter’s S…
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