Pope Tells Peru's Bishops to Accompany Their Flocks and Respond to Abuse Victims with Truth, Justice
The pope said bishops must protect their people and answer abuse claims with truth, justice and pastoral care, as Peru’s church faces a credibility crisis.
- On Thursday, Pope Leo XIV arrived in Peru to address the church sexual abuse crisis, urging bishops to respond with "truth, justice, forgiveness, making amends" for victims in vulnerable communities.
- Leo identified the scandal as a "reality that has caused us so much pain," emphasizing bishops must enter homes and reach vulnerable communities that are "rarely able to make their voices heard."
- The online database BishopAccountability has identified 77 priests, brothers, seminarians and lay consecrated in Peru publicly accused of sexually abusing minors; the organization said that number is a "small fraction of the total."
- While crowds gathered at the Plaza Mayor to welcome Leo, a victims group planned a protest later Thursday to demand accountability for violence affecting youth in the region.
- Leo's itinerary through the Andes and Amazon rainforest emphasizes his commitment to Indigenous rights, as he seeks to provide consolation to communities affected by both poverty and church failures.
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Pope Leo XIV called for reparation in the face of the 'abuses' committed in the Church, on the second day of his visit to Peru.
Pope Leo XIV requested, on Thursday (12), the "reparation" before the "abuses" committed in the Catholic Church. Speech happens in the middle of the second day of the Pontiff's visit to Peru, in which activists in defense of the victims of sexual violence claim a policy of zero tolerance against aggressors and those who cover them. ✅ Follow the international news channel of the g1 in WhatsApp Evoking a "reality that caused us so much pain", Leo …
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LIMA, Peru (AP) — After his emotional homecoming, Pope Leo XIV got down to work Thursday telling Peru’s Catholic bishops to accompany their flocks as...
"Charity begins with a simple gesture, an attentive listening" while the saints "remember that no person can be judged by his prestige, by his origin or by his social position. (ANSA)
Pope asks Peruvian bishops to respond to abuses with justice and reparation
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