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"It is the first time that the Catholic Church is a victim of badual abuse. "
The pope's public admission that priests and bishops used nuns as" bad slaves "marks a new chapter in the badual abuse crisis that is affecting Catholic Church.The Pope and the Church, as an institution, publicly acknowledge that these abuses were committed.This is summarily important, "said AFP Lucetta Scaraffia, director of the supplement for women at the newspaper L'Osservatore Romano.
The Italian historian and journalist devoted the February issue of his supplement to cases of badual abuse to
The confession of the pope surprised the journalists who participated in the traditional collective of women and men of the Catholic Church in Brazil.
"There were priests and bishops who did it," said the pope, who has never addressed this issue publicly.
The Church "suspended several religious". and the Vatican "has been working on this issue for a long time," he said.
The scandal adds to the wave of accusations against sace pedophile quotes in many countries, from Chile to Ireland, via the United States and Australia
. The Vatican weekly denounced rape committed by nuns forced to abort or raise children not recognized by their parents.
"It is a very difficult situation that has its origin in the dependence of the nuns
In a press release issued Wednesday, the acting spokesman of the Holy See, Alessandro Gisotti, said that, when the Holy Father spoke on the eve of the "dismantling of badual slavery"
Since November, the International Union of the Superiors General (UISG), organization representing more than half a year Million Catholic Sisters, is committed to badisting all religious who denounced badual aggression.
The Pope recalled that the battle had been opened by his predecessor, Benedict XVI (2005-2013) , who "had the courage to dissolve a congregation" for enslaving women, including badually,
Francis evoked the French congregation of the Contemplative Sisters of Saint John, whose superiors were removed from office l following a Vatican inquiry into their excesses, including badual violence.
Because of the revelations regarding the abuse of priests' children and the global impact of the #MeToo movement, the nuns also began to break the silence.
Last week, a senior Vatican cleric was accused by a former German nun of abusing her confession. He resigned after four years and a canonical trial that simply caught his attention.
"There were many complaints in the Vatican, but they did not succeed," Scaraffia said. 9004] "I hope that they will form a commission to investigate cases, involving religious experts in this area, open trials, but most importantly, that break the silence.
There It is not easy for the raped nuns to talk about it because they fear that the denunciation will have an impact on them or on the congregation.
Scaraffia believes that the Church must question the power of priests over religious, who decide whether or not to join the religious orders, to organize their daily lives and even to fix the wages they receive.
"This is an opportunity. to demonstrate that change is really happening, "says the historian, who wants to end the priest's traditional power over the nun.
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