During his Peru visit, Pope Leo XIV met six people who survived clergy abuse, Al Jazeera reported Nov. 13, while other victims said hundreds seeking answers from the Catholic Church lacked representation.
The Holy See Press Office had announced plans for Leo to meet people abused by clergy and other Church members during his Nov. 6-17 journey through Uruguay, Argentina and Peru. His public itinerary did not list the meeting or identify its date or location, EconoTimes reported in its earlier coverage of the plan.
Separately, 33 people identifying as survivors of Sodalitium Christianae Vitae asked Leo to meet them during the Peru leg. In a letter published by Red de Sobrevivientes on Oct. 26, they described insufficient progress on justice, accountability and reparations, according to EconoTimes' earlier report on the request.
