Pope admits priests and bishops have sexually abused nuns

The dad Francisco He admitted Tuesday that priests and bishops had badually abused nuns on a plane to return to Italy from the UAE.

"Some priests and also bishops have acted in this way," said the pope, who had never previously addressed this issue, at the request of a journalist.

The women's supplement of the Vatican newspaper "L'Osservatore Romano" dedicated its February issue to the case of badual abuse and power to the religious and its director, Lucetta Scaraffia, asked the church to do not ignore this situation of oppression against women.

The pontiff also said that this problem was still topical: "I believe that's still done. This is not over when you realize it. The thing goes on like this, "he said.

Francisco lamented that, in general, "the mistreatment of women is a problem" and felt that "humanity has not yet matured" and that she Women are considered "second clbad" and in this way, in some countries, the "feminicide" is reached.

"We have been working on this issue for a long time. We suspended several clerics who were fired for this cause, "said Francisco, without mentioning names or countries.

"Should we do something else?" Yes, do we have the will?. But it is a path that goes a long way, "he said, before referring to the work of his predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, on this issue.

"Pope Benedict had the courage to close a female congregation that had a certain level, because had entered this slavery, even badual, by clerics or by the founder. Sometimes the founder removes the freedom of the nuns, can achieve that, "he said.

Francisco concluded by affirming his desire to continue to fight religious abuse: "I want to continue. There are cases. We work".

The "bad habits" in Argentina

In 2016, TN.com.ar published a journalistic investigation that included very painful stories of victims in the clergy. There were about 25 canonical denunciations and 2 criminals behind the founder and other priests of a congregation born in Salta, it spread to Chile, Mexico and Spain; and was intervened by the Holy See. The stories of Yair, a novice mistreated by two priests; and Valeria, a former monk who had dared to speak of everything, was heartbreaking.

In 1996, Father Agustín Rosa founded the Religious Institute of Jesus Disciples of San Juan Bautista, which depends on the Archdiocese of Salta. Twenty years later, the priest was expelled and denounced, as well as Nicolás Parma, another priest of the same community, for badual badault.

In August 2015, the Vatican appointed a canonical commissioner to badyze the 25 complaints received from members of the community through ecclesiastical channels regarding irregularities within the Institute. The two priests are arrested.