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As Pope Leo XIV meets Belgian abuse victims, Rupnik accusers wait for justice
Pope Leo XIV met with a group of fifteen victims of clerical sexual abuse on Saturday. All from Belgium, the fifteen victims suffered their abuse when they were minors. Many of them had participated in a meeting with Pope Francis during his September 2024 visit to the country. A statement from the press office of the Holy See sent to accredited journalists early Saturday evening said the encounter lasted “nearly three hours” and unfolded “in a c…
By Christopher Lamb, CNN - Pope Leo XIV held a nearly three-hour meeting Saturday with 15 victims of clerical sexual abuse in Belgium. The Holy See Press Office described the pope's meeting with the survivors, each of whom was abused by a member of the clergy as a minor, as "profound and painful." The office said the meeting took place "in a spirit of closeness, listening, and dialogue." The Belgian Catholic Church has been rocked in recent year…
Pope Leo XIV met in Rome with a group of people from Belgium who were abused as children by Catholic clergymen.
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