LIMA, Nov 6 — Activists gathered in Lima yesterday to call on Pope Leo XIV to expel sexual abusers from the Catholic church, demanding justice in a long-running scandal, ahead of his Latin America tour this week.
US-based nonprofit Bishop Accountability held a press conference Thursday to present a list of 77 clergy “who have been publicly accused of sexually abusing minors” in Peru.
Today, the 71-year-old pontiff kicks off a tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, his adopted homeland where he lived for nearly two decades working as a missionary, parish priest and a bishop.
The Vatican has announced that Leo will meet with abuse victims during the trip, without offering specifics of the plans.
