Leon XIV has joined the victims of abuse by clergy for nearly three hours
The Pope has received 15 people from Belgium in the Vatican, where he held a similar meeting on 20 October, when he met with members of the General Committee on Victims of Abuse (ECA).
Pope Leon XIV in a stock image.
Pope Leon XIV met this Saturday in the Vatican with 15 people who had left Belgium. During the meeting, which lasted almost three hours, there was talk of abuses received from several clergy when they were minors, and after the meeting the press office of the Holy See reported a "profound and painful" conversation.
"This afternoon, Pope Leon XIV met with fifteen people from Belgium, victims of abuse by members of the clergy when they were minors," says the note. "The meeting took place in an atmosphere of closeness, listening and dialogue with the victims, was profound and painful, lasted almost three hours and ended with prayers."
Today is not the first such meeting of Leon XIV. On 20 October, in fact, he met with members of the General Commission on Victims of Abuse (ECA) at the Vatican. This organization represents victims from more than 30 countries who have been sexually abused by members of the Catholic Church.
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