Pope's Argentine Visit Highlights Church's Ongoing Abuse Reckoning
A meeting with survivors and pledges to strengthen safeguards underscores the Catholic Church's struggle with its past, a point that resonates with voters concerned about tradition and family values.
For many voters, the fact that Pope Leo XIV met with survivors of clergy abuse in Argentina on Monday during his visit signals a rare acknowledgment of the issue.
In private talks, the Pope pledged to reinforce safeguards and to listen to victims, a step that some see as a needed defence of family and moral order.
The Catholic Church in Argentina has been reckoning with a legacy of sex abuse and cover‑up, and Pope Francis, an Argentine, has intervened in cases of clergy sex abuse, a narrative that critics of institutional failings will point to.
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Pope meets with clergy abuse survivors in Argentina
During private meetings with survivors, Pope Leo XIV pledged to reinforce safeguards and listen to victims.
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Pope meets with survivors of clergy abuse in Argentina as it reckons with legacy and ongoing cases
Pope Leo XIV met with survivors of clergy abuse on Monday during his visit to Argentina, a country that has been reckoning with the Catholic Church's legacy of sex abuse and cover-up, including in cases in which the Argentine Pope Francis intervened.
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- Pope Leo XIV met with survivors of clergy abuse in Argentina.
- The meeting took place on Monday.
- The meeting took place in Argentina during the Pope's visit.
- During private meetings with survivors, Pope Leo XIV pledged to reinforce safeguards and to listen to victims.
- The Catholic Church in Argentina has been reckoning with a legacy of sex abuse and cover-up, according to The Washington Times.
- Pope Francis, who is Argentine, intervened in cases of clergy sex abuse, according to The Washington Times.
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