Pope Leo To Meet With Abuse Survivors During Latin America Visit, Vatican Says
by Junno Arocho Esteves (OSV News) — The Vatican confirmed that Pope Leo XIV will meet with survivors of clergy sexual abuse in Latin America. In an Oct. 27 statement, the Vatican press office said that “several meetings” were planned with “victims of abuse by members of the clergy and the Church” during his Nov. 6-17 visit to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru. “These meetings reflect the pope’s desire to express his closeness to those who have suffered and continue to suffer from this violence, to build with them healing paths accessible to anyone in need, and to ensure that the Church is a safe and spiritually healthy place, one that lives and communicates the Gospel,” the statement read. The announcement came one day after Red de Sobrevivientes Peru (Survivors Network Peru), a survivors’ advocacy association, released an open letter from survivors and survivors who suffered abuse by…