教宗利奥在法国卢尔德访问期间，对天主教会的性虐待危机提出强烈谴责。12他在约15万人参加的弥撒中表示，"我们的错误承认对我们的精神成长是不可或缺的"，1并强调"沿着你们已经开始的道路坚持很重要，保持最高的警惕"。2教宗对主教团指出，必须"根除"这一"祸害"，2并呼吁教会为"深层伤口、背信和痛苦的错误"进行治愈。3
根据2021年的独立调查，法国在过去七十年间约有33万名儿童遭到天主教神职人员或教会成员的性虐待。123目前约2000名报告遭虐待的人正在寻求赔偿。3教宗将私下会晤七名幸存者，其中包括著名天主教寄宿学校Notre-Dame de Bétharram的前学生。3幸存者团体负责人米歇尔·勒勒恩-盖涅对改革进展表示担忧，称"事情进展非常缓慢"。1
这是教宗18年来首次访问法国。3与此同时，梵蒂冈艺术家马尔科·鲁普尼克因被指控性虐待二十多名女性而在梵蒂冈法院受审，卢尔德主教已下令遮挡其镶嵌艺术作品，理由是虐待幸存者不应被迫看到它们。3
Pope Leo addressed the crisis of child sexual abuse within the Catholic Church during his visit to Lourdes, France, calling on the institution to confront what he described as a grave affliction requiring urgent healing.123 Speaking to approximately 150,000 people at a Mass in the Lourdes sanctuary, the Pope emphasized that acknowledging errors is essential for spiritual growth, stating: "our acknowledgment of our errors is indispensable to our spiritual growth."1 He told French bishops that they must remain vigilant in rooting out this "painful scourge of abuse of minors," praising their courageous response to the crisis.12
The Pope's remarks came against the backdrop of a 2021 independent investigation revealing that approximately 330,000 children had been sexually abused by Catholic clergy or church members over a seventy-year period in France.123 During his visit, the Pope met privately with seven survivors of abuse by French clergy members, including former students from the Notre-Dame de Bétharram boarding school.3 This marks the Pope's first visit to France in eighteen years.3 A survivor advocacy group leader noted that progress remains slow.1
The visit also highlighted ongoing accountability efforts within the Church. A Vatican artist, Marco Rupnik, faced trial in Vatican courts on charges of sexually abusing more than twenty women, and the Lourdes bishop ordered his mosaic artworks to be covered, reasoning that abuse survivors should not be compelled to view them.3 Additionally, approximately 2,000 individuals claiming abuse by clergy or church representatives are seeking compensation.3
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