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The pope's public admission that priests and bishops used nuns as "bad slaves" marks a new chapter in the crisis of Catholic badual badault.
"It is the first time that the Pope and the Church as an institution, publicly acknowledge that these abuses have been committed .It is of paramount importance ", acknowledged Lucetta Scaraffia, director of the women's supplement of the newspaper L & # 39; Osservatore Romano, delighted by the AFP
The prosecution is confirmed by the Argentine pontiff, who recognizes that priests and bishops have badually abused nuns for decades.
The Pope surprised journalists who participated in the traditional press conference given by Francisco on the return flight from the United Arab Emirates to Italy [19659006] "There were priests and bishops who have done that, "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".
The scandal adds to the wave of accusations against pedophile priests in many countries, from Chile to Ireland, via the United States and Australia .
The Vatican weekly denounced the rape of forced nuns.
A phenomenon little denounced and which has manifested in several countries, such as Chile, Italy, Peru and India, as well as in Africa.
"This is a very difficult situation that has its roots in the dependence on nuns.
In a press release issued on Wednesday, Acting spokesman for 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 of Catholic Sisters,
– Breaking the Silence –
The Pope recalled that the battle had been opened by his predecessor, Benedict XVI (2005-2013), who "had the courage to fight against the dissolution a congregation "to enslave women, even badually, by its founder".
because of a Vatican inquiry into their excesses, including bad.
Because of revelations about child abuse by priests and the global impact of the #MeToo movement, the nuns also began to break the silence. Last week, a senior Vatican cleric accused by a former German nun of confessing during the confession resigned after four years and a canonical judgment that simply caught his eye. "
" I hope that they will form a commission to investigate cases involving religious experts in this area who open lawsuits, but especially to break the silence. "
It is not easy for the abducted 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 exercised by priests over nuns, who must decide whether or not they enter religious orders, organize their daily lives and even fix the wages they receive. .
to demonstrate that the change is really under way, "says the historian, who wishes to end the priest's traditional power over the nun.
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