Papal summit - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 24 Feb 2020 04:32:51 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Papal summit - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Abuse survivors seek more progress a year after papal summit https://cathnews.co.nz/2020/02/24/abuse-survivors-papal-summit/ Mon, 24 Feb 2020 06:53:44 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=124448 Survivors of church sex abuse have descended on Rome this week, marking the first anniversary of Pope Francis' summit of church leaders on preventing abuse with calls for more accountability and acknowledgment of their pain. On Thursday, three deaf Argentines marched to St. Peter's Square. They were among the victims of violent sexual abuse by Read more

Abuse survivors seek more progress a year after papal summit... Read more]]> Survivors of church sex abuse have descended on Rome this week, marking the first anniversary of Pope Francis' summit of church leaders on preventing abuse with calls for more accountability and acknowledgment of their pain.

On Thursday, three deaf Argentines marched to St. Peter's Square. They were among the victims of violent sexual abuse by priests in the Argentine branch of the Provolo Institute, a Catholic-run school for the deaf that also saw dozens of victims at its school in Verona, Italy.

Recently, an Argentine court convicted two Provolo priests of repeatedly violating the children — including one who also was flagged to Francis as early as in 2014 as an abuser in Verona. "Support the Provolo survivors," read a banner carried by the victims in front of St. Peter's Square. Read more

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