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On a brutal day for the frail and aging Pope Francis, the king of Belgium, its prime minister and the rector of the Catholic university that invited him here all ripped into the institution he heads for a spectrum of sins: for covering up cases of clergy sex abuse and being far behind the times on embracing women and the LGBTQ+ community in the church.

And that was all before Francis met with the people most harmed by the Catholic Church in Belgium — the men and women who were raped and molested by priests as children. Seventeen abuse survivors spent two hours with Francis on Friday evening, telling him of their trauma, shame and pain and demanding reparations from the church.

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[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You know sh*t is serious when Belgium is reprimanding you on human rights abuses.

and being far behind the times

I feel like that is kind of the modus operandi for most major religious institutions...

[-] ElectroVagrant@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah, Belgium has its own sordid history for sure. Frankly I wasn't aware of the extent of the abuses by the Catholic church there until reading this article, and unfortunately I suspect one may readily find similar in other countries that have had any major Catholic presence.

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