Pope Leo urges healing of ‘deep wounds’ before meeting child sexual abuse survivors in France
Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenPope Leo waves from a popemobile in Lourdes. Photograph: Remo Casilli/ReutersMeeting French bishops earlier on Sunday, Leo said they had acted with determination against “the painful scourge of abuse committed against minors by members of the clergy or in an ecclesial context against minors”. The bishop of Lourdes ordered the works covered up, reasoning that survivors of abuse seeking succour at the site should not be forced to see them.View image in fullscreenLeo’s visit to France is the first by a pope in 18 years.
- ▪Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenPope Leo waves from a popemobile in Lourdes.
- ▪Photograph: Remo Casilli/ReutersMeeting French bishops earlier on Sunday, Leo said they had acted with determination against “the painful scourge of abuse committed against minors by members of the clergy or in an ecclesial context against
- ▪The bishop of Lourdes ordered the works covered up, reasoning that survivors of abuse seeking succour at the site should not be forced to see them.View image in fullscreenLeo’s visit to France is the first by a pope in 18 years.
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Pope Leo waves from a popemobile in Lourdes. Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenPope Leo waves from a popemobile in Lourdes. Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty ImagesPope Leo XIVPope Leo urges healing of ‘deep wounds’ before meeting child sexual abuse survivors in FranceCatholic church must reckon with its ‘painful errors’, pontiff tells crowd in Lourdes during four-day tourJennifer RankinSun 27 Sep 2026 08.20 EDTLast modified on Sun 27 Sep 2026 08.21 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleThe pope has called on the Catholic church to heal “deep wounds” and “painful errors”, before a meeting with survivors of child sexual abuse as he continues his four-day visit to France.Addressing a crowd in a large field near the Catholic shrine of Lourdes on…
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