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AP: Pope Leo XIV Says There Should Be No Tolerance for Abuse of Any Kind in Catholic Church, by Franklin Briceno – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

AP: Pope Leo XIV Says There Should Be No Tolerance for Abuse of Any Kind in Catholic Church, by Franklin Briceno

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Pope Leo XIV during an audience with the media (May 12, 2025). Source: Wikimedia Commons

By Franklin Briceno, AP, June 21, 2025

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has said there should be no tolerance in the Catholic Church for any type of abuse – sexual, spiritual or abuse of authority — and called for “transparent processes” to create a culture of prevention across the church.

Leo made his first public comments about the clergy sex abuse scandal in a written message to a Peruvian journalist who documented a particularly egregious case of abuse and financial corruption in a Peruvian-based Catholic movement, the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae.

The message was read out loud on Friday night in Lima during a performance of a play based on the Sodalitium scandal and the work of the journalist, Paola Ugaz. …