US EditionSurvivor of Clergy Sex Abuse in Peru Visits Pope’s Hometown to Call for More Reforms
PERU, JUL 31 – Ana María Quispe Díaz campaigns for global Catholic Church reforms citing failures in abuse investigations during Pope Leo XIV's time as bishop, with advocacy groups urging zero-tolerance policies.
- On Thursday in Chicago, Ana María Quispe Díaz launched her campaign to call for reforms, alleging Pope Leo XIV neglected her abuse case when he was a bishop in Peru.
- Ana María Quispe Díaz alleges she was abused by priest Eleuterio Vásquez Gonzáles when she was 9 and reported it to Bishop Robert Prevost in April 2022.
- The Vatican ended its investigation in 2023, citing a statute of limitations, while church officials said Bishop Prevost did more than required and the Chiclayo's new bishop reopened the case last summer.
- Amid stalled proceedings, SNAP sent a letter to the pope Thursday renewing accountability demands and revealed that the accused priest can now retire while investigations are delayed.
- Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests has urged the Vatican to enshrine zero tolerance, provide reparations, forge international legal agreements, and establish an independent oversight panel, and advocates say civil society must press for these systemic reforms.
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Los Angeles Times
Independent EspañolA Peruvian survivor of sexual abuse by clerics took her public campaign Thursday for reforms to the hometown of Pope Leo XIV, saying that he failed to investigate his case when he was bishop in Peru and now needs to act on it in his role as leader of the Catholics of the world.
Chicago Sun Times
Usa newsPeruvian woman who alleges Pope Leo XIV mishandled her sexual abuse case visits Chicago
A Peruvian woman assaulted by a priest alleges Pope Leo XIV, while he was a bishop in Peru, neglected to investigate her case. Ana María Quispe Díaz of Chiclayo, Peru, appeared publicly for the first time in downtown Chicago alongside advocates from Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, a group representing survivors of clergy abuse. "I have been quiet since the pope was elected, but I am not planning on being quiet forever," Díaz, 29, t…
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