US EditionNew Pope Leo XIV has mixed record on abuse: campaigners
- Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, was elected on May 8, 2025, at the Vatican as the first American pope at age 69.
- His election prompted concerns from victim advocacy groups regarding his controversial handling of sexual abuse allegations involving priests while serving in leadership roles in Chicago and as bishop in Chiclayo, Peru.
- While Prevost helped expose abuses leading to dissolving the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae group in Peru, SNAP says he failed to investigate allegations by three victims reported to his diocese.
- SNAP urged him to implement a comprehensive, church-wide policy that strictly prohibits sexual abuse and the concealment of such cases, and criticized him for not disclosing the identities of abusers or providing information on incidents involving bishops.
- These allegations and advocacy group demands indicate increased pressure on Pope Leo XIV to improve transparency and accountability in tackling global clergy sexual abuse.
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Robert F. Prevost is the new Pope Leo XIV – and old accusations are promptly raised. In addition, demands are made that he react now.
On the subject of women and sexual abuse, the Church still has a long way to go to reconcile faith and modernity.
·Montreal, Canada
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Victims' rights groups are calling into question this Friday's commitment by Robert Francis Prevost to lift the veil on certain acts of violence during his episcopal office in Peru.
·Paris, France
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