Pope Tells Peru's Bishops to Accompany Their Flocks and Respond to Abuse Victims with Truth, Justice
Leo pressed Peruvian bishops to confront abuse with truth and justice, while denouncing machismo and violence against women as a widespread social problem.
- On Thursday, Pope Leo XIV arrived in Peru to address the clergy sexual abuse crisis, urging bishops to accompany their flocks and respond to victims with "truth, justice, forgiveness, making amends" and prevention.
- Leo identified the scandal as a "reality that has caused us so much pain," emphasizing bishops must enter homes and reach vulnerable communities rarely able to make their voices heard.
- BishopAccountability, an online database, has identified 77 priests and lay consecrated people publicly accused of abusing minors in Peru; officials argue many victims have not come forward yet.
- While nearly 3 million people lined Leo's motorcade route Wednesday to welcome him home, a victims group planned a protest Thursday demanding accountability for violence affecting Indigenous girls and youth.
- Leo's itinerary spans the Andes and Amazon rainforest, where he will reaffirm the church's commitment to accompanying Indigenous peoples in defending their dignity and cultures amid ongoing violence.
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On his first full day in his second homeland, he spoke of inequality, racism and abuse, among other social problems.
In the meeting with the local episcopate, the Vatican's highest authority demanded to act with truth and justice in the face of allegations of sexual abuse committed by the clergy.The position evokes their firm confrontation against the Sodalicio group of Christian Life, an entity that ended up being dissolved after accusations of corruption.
First day in Lima for the Pontiff, who returns to the country where he has long carried out his missionary activity. The article Crowd Bath for Leo XIV in Peru comes from The Truth.
Activists in favor of victims of sexual violence demand a zero-tolerance policy against aggressors and those who cover them up
On the second day of his visit to Peru, Leo XIV quoted Peruvian saints, such as Saint Martin of Porres and Saint John Macias, to emphasize: "They teach us, with their humility, to recognize Christ in the smallest."
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