Activists Call on Pope to Expel Abusers Ahead of Latin America Tour
- On Friday, 71-year-old Pope Leo XIV begins a tour of Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru, returning to his adopted homeland where he previously served as a missionary and bishop for nearly two decades.
- Peru's Church faces mounting pressure following Thursday's release by US-based nonprofit Bishop Accountability of a database identifying 77 clergy members publicly accused of sexually abusing minors or vulnerable people.
- Activists gathered in Lima on Thursday demanding Pope Leo implement a 'zero tolerance' decree, while Anne Barrett Doyle, the nonprofit's co-director, stated the pontiff has said 'almost nothing about holding bishops in his Church accountable.'
- Jos Escardo, president of the Survivors' Network of Abuse in Peru, stressed that accused clergy 'must be placed in the hands of the civil justice system and must not only face the judgment of the Church.'
- While the Vatican announced Leo will meet with abuse survivors during the trip, the Church continues addressing the legacy of Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, an ultraconservative group Pope Francis dissolved in 2025.
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A watchdog group has revealed that 77 Peruvian priests are accused of child abuse and is calling on religious leaders in Peru to release the full list of accused priests before Pope Leo XIV's visit.
Watchdog publishes a list of 77 clergy accused of abuse in Peru ahead of the Pope’s visit
US-based organisation Bishop Accountability on Thursday presented in Lima a list of 77 members of Peru’s Catholic clergy publicly accused of sexually abusing minors, days before Pope Leo XIV, who lived in the country for more than two decades, begins his tour of South America. Victims and the organisation called on the pontiff to take concrete steps, including setting up a truth commission.
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AlKhaleej TodayActivists urge Pope Leo to expel sexual abusers from Catholic Church ahead of Latin America tour
LIMA, Nov 6 — Activists gathered in Lima yesterday to call on Pope Leo XIV to expel sexual abusers from the Catholic church, demanding justice in a long-running scandal, ahead...
Activists against sexual assaults in the Catholic Church installed in Lima Pope Leo XIV to issue a canonical decree to expel the perpetrators and cover-ups of abuses, something they would consider a step forward to face the scandal that has affected her for years.
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