{"id":84289,"date":"2026-06-08T11:56:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T11:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/pope-leo-denounces-what-he-calls-scourge-of-sexual-abuse-by-catholic-clergy\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T11:56:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T11:56:36","slug":"pope-leo-denounces-what-he-calls-scourge-of-sexual-abuse-by-catholic-clergy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/pope-leo-denounces-what-he-calls-scourge-of-sexual-abuse-by-catholic-clergy\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo denounces what he calls &#8220;scourge&#8221; of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Pope Leo XIV on Monday denounced the &#8220;scourge&#8221; of sexual violence by Catholic clergy and called for a &#8220;culture of care&#8221; in the Church ahead of an expected private meeting with victims in Spain. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One of the most painful encounters is with those who have been wounded precisely by those who were supposed to care for them, including members of the clergy,&#8221; the first U.S.-born pope said, according to the Reuters news service.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Faced with this scourge, the ecclesial community is called to respond with listening, truth, justice, reparation and an ever more determined commitment to prevention and a culture of care,&#8221; the pontiff told a gathering of Spanish bishops. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every wounded person must be able to find sincere listening, welcome, protection and real paths to healing,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/08\/c1c770e2-9d0d-4382-832b-933c176fc1a2\/thumbnail\/620x413\/6cb9573a611eb699600f891324005035\/2026-06-08t105450z-693880069-rc2lpladj6xh-rtrmadp-3-pope-spain-1.jpg#\" alt=\"Pope Leo XIV delivers a speech at the Congress of Deputies in Madrid \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/08\/c1c770e2-9d0d-4382-832b-933c176fc1a2\/thumbnail\/620x413\/6cb9573a611eb699600f891324005035\/2026-06-08t105450z-693880069-rc2lpladj6xh-rtrmadp-3-pope-spain-1.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/08\/c1c770e2-9d0d-4382-832b-933c176fc1a2\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/9a959d6462a716f373f061a33fa83755\/2026-06-08t105450z-693880069-rc2lpladj6xh-rtrmadp-3-pope-spain-1.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Pope Leo XIV delivers a speech during a joint session of the Spanish Parliament at the Congress of Deputies in Madrid, Spain on June 8, 2026. Ciro de Luca\/Pool via REUTERS<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Ciro de Luca \/ Pool via REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Spanish media said the pope would speak later on Monday with victims at the Vatican embassy in Madrid, formally known as the apostolic nunciature. <\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the meeting, representatives of some victim groups complained that they were being excluded. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are disappointed that the pope, instead of listening to a sufficiently large and solid representation of victims, prefers to leave us out,&#8221; Juan Cuatrecasas, spokesman for the association Infancia Robada (Stolen Childhood), told AFP. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are going to keep pushing until the end, insisting that the Pope has to see us, has to hear us, we have a voice,&#8221; he said, speaking outside the nunciature. <\/p>\n<p>The Vatican has said that a meeting will take place during the visit but that it would not give further information until after it has taken place out of &#8220;respect for the victims.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters on the flight to Madrid on Saturday, Leo, 70, said the scandal of sexual violence was &#8220;still an open wound&#8221; for the Church. <\/p>\n<p>Around 200,000 minors are estimated to have suffered sexual violence by clergy in Spain since 1940, according to a 2023 report from Spain&#8217;s national ombudsman. <\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez&#8217;s government and the Catholic Church in Spain signed an agreement in March to compensate victims, after years of reticence from the Church hierarchy.<\/p>\n<h2>Unprecedented speech<\/h2>\n<p>The US-born pope earlier on Monday gave an unprecedented speech to the Spanish parliament, which was welcomed with a lengthy standing ovation from lawmakers. <\/p>\n<p>The leader of the world&#8217;s 1.4 billion Catholics called for a global response to the 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