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Clergy molestation survivors concerned and insulted by election of Pope Leo XIV
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In the worldwide catholic media there have been hundreds of articles about pope Leo, not one mentioned his history of non reporting and cover up of sex abuse.
The problem is that you probably can't find a cardinal or a bishop who did not cover up sex abuse.
If a priest had a proper moral stance on responding to sex abuse claims he would never be promoted to bishop.
More than likely he would be ostracised and sent somewhere where he can't "harm the church".
Fr. Kevin Dillon in Geelong, Vic, a strong supporter of survivors and critic of the church's compliants handling was moved away. Bishop Geoffrey Robinson in Australia, another critic, published a book titled “Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church: Reclaiming the Spirit of Jesus.” The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference came down hard on him for questioning catholic doctrine.
♦ www.eternitynews.com.au
In the worldwide catholic media there have been hundreds of articles about pope Leo, not one mentioned his history of non reporting and cover up of sex abuse.
The problem is that you probably can't find a cardinal or a bishop who did not cover up sex abuse.
If a priest had a proper moral stance on responding to sex abuse claims he would never be promoted to bishop.
More than likely he would be ostracised and sent somewhere where he can't "harm the church".
Fr. Kevin Dillon in Geelong, Vic, a strong supporter of survivors and critic of the church's compliants handling was moved away. Bishop Geoffrey Robinson in Australia, another critic, published a book titled “Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church: Reclaiming the Spirit of Jesus.” The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference came down hard on him for questioning catholic doctrine.
♦ www.eternitynews.com.au
May 10, 2025
Pope faced questions about his handling of clerical sexual abuse cases earlier in his career after a survivors group filed a complaint
Groups supporting clergy-molestation survivors say they are gravely concerned and insulted by the election of Pope Leo XIV after he overcame questions about his handling of clerical sexual abuse cases earlier in his career to become the Roman Catholic church’s first-ever US-born leader.
Before Robert Prevost’s ascent to the papacy at age 69, he was leading a chapter of the Augustinian religious order in his home town of Chicago when allegations surfaced that a priest and Catholic high school principal under his jurisdiction had molested at least one student as well as kept child-abuse imagery.
Prevost reportedly allowed that cleric to continue in his role despite the allegations, though the Augustinian order later paid a multimillion-dollar settlement to the abuse survivor and in December booted the priest from the order.
Meanwhile, Prevost also did not impede another priest – whose ministry had been restricted in the wake of allegations that he abused minors – from living at an Augustinian residence that was near a Catholic elementary school. And, while serving as a bishop in Peru, Prevost heard from three women who accused two priests there of sexually abusing them as minors and have since claimed there is no evidence that much was done to investigate the cleric.
That history prompted the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (Snap) to file a complaint against Prevost in March under church legislation implemented by the late Pope Francis that provided potential disciplinary measures against bishops who were found to have turned a blind eye to abuse of both children and adults considered vulnerable.
♦ more... theguardian.com
Victims’ group alleges Pope Leo XIV mishandled sexual abuse cases involving priests in Chicago and Peru ♦ more... edition.cnn.com
Statement on Pope Leo XIV By Anne Barrett Doyle
♦ more... www.bishop-accountability.org