Pope Leo holds first meeting with survivors of Catholic Church sexual abuse
✍️ Joshua Mcelwee, Compare Storyparsed.Author_Details.Parsed_Byline, Or, Storyparsed.Storyobj.Brand.Brand_Name, If Storyparsed.Issaf, Storyparsed.Author_Details.Parsed_Byline, If Storyparsed.Author_Details.Author_Twitter, If, If Storyparsed.Author_Details.Author_Facebook, If Storyparsed.Author_Details.Photo_Filename📅 October 20, 2025 08:00 PM🕐 Scraped: October 20, 2025
Summary: Pope Leo XIV met with survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy for the first time on Monday, participants said, days after the Vatican's child protection commission accused senior Church leaders of being too slow to help victims.
Ending Clergy Abuse (ECA) Board of Directors members Janet Aguti, Evelyn Korkmaz (holding a picture of herself as a child) and president Gemma Hickey attend a press conference held by survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy, near the Vatican, in Rome, Italy, October 20, 2025.
📰
Continue Reading on GMA News
This preview shows approximately 15% of the article. Read the full story on the publisher's website to support quality journalism.
