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After His Emotional Return, Pope Denounces ‘Machismo’ in Peru and Demands Women Be Protected – WTOP News
- On Thursday, Pope Leo XIV met with six sexual abuse survivors in Lima during his 12-day South America tour; the session lasted over an hour, marking his second survivor meeting of the three-country visit.
- Originally from Chicago, Pope Leo is the first Peruvian citizen to lead the Catholic Church and seeks to repair its standing after abuse scandals tarnished its reputation during his emotional return to Peru.
- Listening to each survivor's story individually, Pope Leo and the survivors reflected on how to "foster a change in mindset through listening to victims, seeking the truth, paths toward healing, and a commitment to creating safe environments," the Vatican stated.
- The Vatican noted that some survivors previously belonged to groups linked to the Sodalitium of Christian Life, which Pope Francis, Leo's late predecessor, dissolved in 2025 following years of abuse allegations.
- Concluding the meeting, Pope Leo thanked survivors for their "valuable testimony, expressing his closeness to them and to all those victims of abuse whom he had been unable to meet," as his tour concludes on November 16.
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Pope Leo mulls changes in how Church treats abuse victims in Peru meeting
LIMA, Nov 12 - Pope Leo met with six victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy on Thursday in Lima in his second meeting with survivors during a 12-day trip to South America and discussed how the Church can better listen to abuse victims, the Vatican said. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Pope Leo XIV denounced Thursday the widespread “machist” attitude and violence against women in Peru, demanding that women be protected and respected while giving guidelines to their beloved Peruvian Church and people.
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