Pope Leo XIV met six victims of clerical abuse in Peru on Thursday, including people linked to the disbanded Sodalitium Christianae Vitae. The US-born pontiff also urged the Catholic Church to make amends to survivors and strengthen protections against abuse as he returned to the country where he served for nearly two decades.
Pope Leo XIV met six victims of clerical abuse in Peru on Thursday, including some linked to the once-powerful and now-disbanded Catholic society, Sodalitium Christianae Vitae.
The US-born pope is on a nostalgic return to the nation he calls his "homeland", and knows the abuse scandal well from the nearly two decades he worked in Peru as a missionary and bishop.
Leo spent over an hour with the victims, meeting "each person individually, listening to their stories of suffering and their pain," and "thanked them for their invaluable testimony," the Vatican said.
Together, "they reflected on how to foster a shift in mindset – by listening to victims, seeking the truth, pursuing paths towards healing, and committing to the creation of safe environments," it said.
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