Pope Leo Becomes First Pontiff to Meet with Catholic Sex Abuse Victims Group

While other popes have met with victims, Leo XIV's encounter marks the first-ever papal meeting with an organized group of abuse survivors and advocates.

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For the first time in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, a pope sat down officially with a coalition of clergy sex-abuse survivors, listened to their personal testim…