Watchdog publishes a list of 77 clergy accused of abuse in Peru ahead of the Pope’s visit

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Bishop Accountability published a list of 77 Peruvian Catholic clergy members publicly accused of sexually abusing minors, presenting it in Lima ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s South America visit. Victims and the organisation urged the pope to take concrete action, including creating a truth commission.

US-based organisation Bishop Accountability on Thursday presented in Lima a list of 77 members of Peru’s Catholic clergy publicly accused of sexually abusing minors, days before Pope Leo XIV, who lived in the country for more than two decades, begins his tour of South America. Victims and the organisation called on the pontiff to take concrete steps, including setting up a truth commission.