Pope Leo XIV's religious order still mired in secrecy over child sex abuse

Pope Leo XIV's religious order still mired in secrecy over child sex abuse

Cardinal Robert Prevost, the new pope and the first U.S. leader of the Catholic Church worldwide, is already being hailed as a breath of fresh air by some.But the ancient religious order that he’s part of and once led in Chicago and internationally — the Augustinians — is still considered one of the more backward Catholic organizations in terms of transparency and reform when it comes to the decades-old child sex abuse crisis that’s involved chi…

Pope Leo XIV’s religious order still mired in secrecy over child sex abuse – Usa news

Cardinal Robert Prevost, the new pope and the first American leader of the Catholic Church worldwide, is already being hailed as a breath of fresh air by some. But the ancient religious order that he’s part of and once led in Chicago and internationally — the Augustinians — is still considered one of the more backward Catholic organizations in terms of transparency and reform when it comes to the decades-old child sex abuse crisis that’s involve…

The newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears on the balcony of the Basilica of St. Peter of the Vatican on Thursday. Image: Francesco Sforza/Vatican Media/-Reuters. The Network of Survivors of Priestly Abuse (SNAP), based in Washington but which numbers 26,000 victims from several countries, alerted in a letter about the record of the new Pope Leo XIV in the management of abuses. This letter is not the first of its kind. The survivors had written to P…