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Catholic Church Abuse Victims March to Rome, Demand ‘Zero Tolerance’

Marian RomainebyMarian Romaine
September 27, 2023
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Catholic Church Abuse Victims March to Rome, Demand ‘Zero Tolerance’
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A determined group of Catholic Church abuse victims and their supporters made an impassioned plea to Pope Francis for the enforcement of “zero tolerance” against clerical sex abuse. This call followed their completion of a six-day pilgrimage to Rome, during which they carried a prominent wooden cross.

These ten men and women undertook a challenging 130-kilometer (81-mile) journey along the final leg of the Via Francigena, a medieval trail that links Canterbury, England, to Rome. Their arrival coincides with a significant Vatican summit on the Church’s future set to commence next week.

U.S. attorney Timothy Law, co-founder of Ending Clergy Abuse (ECA), emphasized the pilgrimage’s significance, stating that it “demonstrates survivors’ determination to convey their message to Pope Francis – that there must be a universal church law of zero tolerance. Anything less than that is not adequate.”

Sexual abuse scandals and cover-ups have profoundly damaged the Catholic Church’s reputation and presented a substantial challenge to Pope Francis. He has introduced a series of measures intended to hold the Church hierarchy accountable, albeit with mixed results.

ECA’s demands include Pope Francis mandating the immediate removal from ministry of priests suspected of abuse, the dismissal of bishops involved in cover-ups, and the obligatory reporting of abuse cases to civilian authorities rather than religious institutions.

While Francis has vowed “zero tolerance” concerning church abuse, critics argue that his reforms and guidelines have not gone far enough and have been inconsistently adopted by national Catholic Churches.

ECA activists arrived in Rome ahead of the synod, a Vatican meeting of world bishops scheduled from October 4th to 29th. Among its topics of discussion are proposals to grant women a more substantial role in the Church and a reconsideration of the approach toward LGBT individuals.

Peter Isely, another ECA member based in the United States, emphasized the importance of addressing the criminal issues of predator priests and cover-ups within the Catholic Church, stating, “I don’t know how you can move into a future if you have not solved the criminal problem of (predator) priests and cover-up by the hierarchy in the Catholic Church.”

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