An advisor to the pope acknowledged that the church had destroyed and categorized the abuses

According to the Cardinal and Archbishop of Munich, Reinhard Marx, direct advisor to Pope Francis, the church has destroyed records on perpetrators of badual abuse. This revelation appeared at the Vatican summit on the fight against pedophilia.

"The archives that could have documented these terrible acts and indicate the names of those responsible were destroyed or not created," said the president of the German Bishops' Conference and direct advisor to Pope Francis in his morning newspaper. .

In this sense, Marx said: "The badual abuse of children and young people is due, in a not insignificant part, to the abuse of power on the part of the administration". In addition, the pope's right-wing cardinal said that "instead of punishing the guilty, it is the victims who have been reprimanded and silenced."

At the Vatican, the summit on the fight against pedophilia is underway. This controversial topic within the Catholic Church will be discussed. In this context, Cardinal Marx met this Friday alone the victims who arrived in Rome these days and rallied to them by proposing to remove the papal secret in cases of child abuse.

The Archbishop of Mnich, who was one of the three speakers of the session, stressed that "in the era of social networks, it is possible for everyone to make contact." almost immediately and exchange information via Facebook, Twitter .. It is necessary to redefine confidentiality and secrecy and to make a distinction with regard to data protection. "

In addition, he baderted that "any objection based on pontifical secrecy will be relevant only if it is possible to indicate convincing reasons, because I do not know these reasons".

Thus, the Superior General of the Fraternity of Saint John Jesus, Vernica Openibo, reflects on how to proceed so that this controversial issue is communicated to the church, to make known the names of the culprits. "In some parts of the world, including in countries of Africa and Asia, saying nothing is a terrible mistake, as we have seen in many countries, were his words.

Meanwhile, Openibo was the second woman to present a paper at the summit, where she also criticized "the patriarchal culture" present in the field of baduality throughout society.