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Pope Leo XIV meets in Lourdes, France, with seven victims of clerical sexual abuse, and expresses his closeness to those who suffer the “wound of ...
After meeting with each victim, Pope Leo XIV met with them together and thanked them "for their painful testimony," said the Vatican of the pope's private meeting in Lourdes with seven victims of sexual abuse.
After the Lourdes meeting, five participants spoke to journalists. Olivier Mardi, cofounder of the advocacy group Voix Libérées de Touraine, said the Pope had listened attentively and was aware that the danger of abuse had not disappeared. “He is no fool,” Mardi said