A priest forced a woman to abort three times after being raped since the age of 15, according to Vatican testimony

An African woman said that since the age of fifteen, she had been forced to have bad with a priest.

"I was pregnant three times, he had me abort three times, just because he did not want a condom or contraceptive method." At first, I had so much confidence in him I did not know that he could abuse me.I was afraid of him.And every time I refused to have bad.He beat me ", was heard in the hall where bishops meet.

The woman claimed that her life had been "ruined" and that she had suffered so much "humiliation" that she did not know what the future would bring her and asked for it. Church to "behave responsibly, as sensible people".

The 190 representatives of the hierarchy of the Catholic Church present, including 114 presidents or vice-presidents of episcopal conferences, were able to watch five videos with the testimonies of victims raped by priests in their childhood and whose denunciations were ignored .

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"The first thing they did was to treat me as a liar," is one of the denunciations included in the videos with testimonials from victims of abuse heard by the hierarchy of the 39 Catholic Church gathered at the Vatican to deal with cases of pedophilia in the clergy.

"The first thing they did was to treat me as a liar, to turn my back and say that I and other people are enemies of the Church," explained a victim from Latin America, according to the transcript provided by the Vatican.

"I know that they are discussing how to finish, start over, and repair all the damage." First, forgiveness, forced pardons do not work anymore, victims must be believed, respected, cared for and repaired. you must be with them, you must believe them, you must accompany them, "he said.

He asked "listen to what the Holy Father wants to do, do not nod and do something else".

A 53-year-old Eastern European priest recounted how a senior from the seminary had put himself in bed and touched him.

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But what hurt him deeply was that after many years he had told the bishop and he had not answered him for years; he had attacked it without trying to understand it.

This priest asked the bishops, "Listen to these people, learn to listen to people who speak, I wanted someone to listen to who this man is."

An American has denounced the fact that the abuses have made him lose "the innocence of his youth" and how he and his family continue to suffer "treason" and "manipulation" of this man.

The fifth victim, a man of Asian descent, explained that every time he spoke with officials, "they concealed virtually all the problems, they concealed the perpetrators …"

"If they want to save the church, we must act together and make sure that the culprits give up," added the victim.