"Both rape and betrayal, sexual abuse by clergy and its cover-up by bishops and religious superiors has left an indelible wound on the body of Christ, the Church, because of the damage done to so many people," he
said
. Francisco this Tuesday, a day after having completed 10 years in the papacy.
"The work of establishing clear procedures for the protection of vulnerable people in the Church must become a priority in each local church," the pontiff asked at the II Latin American Congress on prevention "Assist, Inform and Communicate: keys to effective
management in cases of sexual abuse
."
For years now
the Church has taken for granted that the institution has been -is- practically a factory of abusers
.
The hundreds of thousands of testimonies that continue to multiply around the world are hard to deny.
Scandals have forced actions, such as the
Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, from 2014.
What happens beyond the speeches and the papers?
“Nothing”, according to the survivors of these abuses.
There were many who in these years
wrote to Francisco or traveled to Rome to tell him about the abuses
suffered in Argentina.
The fact that he is from Buenos Aires, born in the Flores neighborhood, did not pave the way for them either.
"If Francisco wanted to change things, he would already have thrown out all the abusive priests who were convicted," they say from the Campaign Against the Prescription of Crimes of Sexual Violence.
Jorge Grassi, Justo José Ilarraz, Christian Federico Von Wernich, Juan Diego Escobar Gaviria...
The list is too long.
"During the ten years of Pope Bergoglio's pontificate, he never responded to our insistent requests to receive us," said
Sebastián Quattromo from the Vatican, abused at the age of 13 by the priest Fernando Picciochi.
He was not the only victim of the Marianista.
In how many religious schools students were abused by their "spirit guides"?
The Newman, the Provolo...
Now,
ten former students of the Colegio Del Salvador denounce the authorities of the institution and the Society of Jesus
as necessary participants in sexual abuse, corruption of minors and aggravated cover-up.
The priest who abused more than 40 boys when they were 11 and 12 years old is dead.
Those who kept silent no.
They are Jesuits, the congregation of Francisco, who was also a teacher at the school.
The victims wrote to him.
He didn't reply either.
look too
Abuses at Colegio Del Salvador: former students denounced the authorities and the Jesuit Congregation
The 10 years of Pope Francis: on the eve of the anniversary an unexpected visit makes Bergoglio uncomfortable