Pope meets with survivors of clergy abuse in Argentina as it reckons with legacy and ongoing cases
The Vatican said Leo spent about an hour hearing five abuse survivors as victims pressed for public accountability in church cases.
- On Monday, Pope Leo XIV met with five survivors of clergy abuse at the Catholic University of Argentina during his visit to the country, spending about an hour meeting individually and as a group.
- Argentina continues to reckon with the Catholic Church's history of sex abuse and cover-ups, including cases where Argentine Pope Francis intervened and initially rejected accusations against Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta and Julio Grassi.
- Many survivors groups requested meetings but were denied, including a group of 43 women who allege human trafficking and forced labor at Opus Dei centers in Argentina, where senior members face ongoing criminal investigations.
- Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said Leo listened to "painful stories and proposals to consolidate paths of healing in the church," expressing his "desire to reinforce paths of protection, of welcome and accompaniment in the church."
- The American pope has followed the pattern of Francis and Pope Benedict XVI by meeting abuse survivors on foreign trips, with another meeting expected later this week in Peru.
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Pope meets with survivors of clergy abuse in Argentina as it reckons with legacy and ongoing cases
Pope Leo XIV have met with survivors of clergy abuse during his visit to Argentina. The country has been reckoning with the Catholic Church’s legacy of abuse and cover-up, including in cases in which the Argentine Pope Francis intervened.
Pope Leon XIV met this Monday at the nunciature in Buenos Aires for more than an hour with five victims of abuse by members of the clergy and ecclesiastical institutions of Argentina, the Vatican reported. “The Pope spoke individually with each of them, he heard their words, the painful stories that [...] The Pope meets with five victims of abuses of the Church in Argentina was first published in Information Focus.
Pope Leo XIV met today in Buenos Aires with five victims of sexual violence committed by church members, on the second day of his visit to Argentina, the Vatican reported.
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