
一家总部位于美国的神职人员性侵监督组织周四呼吁在秘鲁成立真相委员会,调查天主教会内的性侵事件,此举正值教皇利奥即将访问南美洲的前夕,梵蒂冈表示他将在那里会见性侵幸存者。
A US-based clergy abuse watchdog on Thursday called for the creation of a truth commission in Peru to investigate sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, on the eve of a visit by Pope Leo to South America where the Vatican says he will meet abuse survivors.
Anne Barrett Doyle是BishopAccountability.org的联合主任,该组织追踪全球天主教神职人员性侵指控。她指责秘鲁教会高层保密,并未妥善处理性侵指控。
Anne Barrett Doyle, co-director of BishopAccountability.org, which tracks Catholic clergy abuse allegations worldwide, accused Peru's Church hierarchy of secrecy and of failing to adequately confront allegations of abuse.
“秘鲁教会领导人的顽固保密使儿童面临风险,剥夺了受害者的认可,并阻止民事当局识别和起诉共犯者,”Barrett Doyle在利马举行的新闻发布会上表示。
"The stubborn secrecy of Peruvian Church leaders puts children at risk, deprives victims of validation, and prevents civil authorities from identifying and prosecuting the complicit," Barrett Doyle said at a press conference in Lima.
利马总教区和代表秘鲁天主教主教的秘鲁主教团的代表,未立即回应置评请求。
Representatives of the Archdiocese of Lima and the Peruvian Episcopal Conference, which represents the country's Catholic bishops, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
近年来,秘鲁教会面临一系列性侵丑闻,最引人注目的是涉及Sodalitium Christianae Vitae,这是一个由秘鲁创立的极端保守天主教团体,并在国际上扩展。教皇方济各在2025年下令解散该组织,此前梵蒂冈对包括性侵和心理虐待在内的指控进行了调查。
Peru's Church has faced a series of abuse scandals in recent years, most prominently involving Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, an ultraconservative Peru-founded Catholic group that expanded internationally. Pope Francis ordered the organization dissolved in 2025 after a Vatican investigation into allegations including sexual and psychological abuse.
利奥是第一位出生于美国的教皇,他将在11月6日至17日的南美洲之行最后一站访问秘鲁。他曾在1980年代作为传教士抵达秘鲁,后来成为该国公民,并担任奇克拉约主教。梵蒂冈表示,他将在访问该地区期间会见身体和性侵害的幸存者。
Leo, the first US-born pope, will spend the final leg of his November 6-17 South American tour in Peru, the country where he arrived as a missionary in the 1980s, later became a citizen and served as bishop of Chiclayo. The Vatican has said he will meet with survivors of physical and sexual abuse during his visit to the region.
“利奥教皇曾充满同情地谈到需要陪伴受害者并倾听他们的声音,但他几乎没有提到要让其教会中的主教承担责任。我们希望在这次访问中听到他传达这一信息,”Barrett Doyle表示。
"Pope Leo has spoken compassionately about the need to accompany victims and to listen to them, but he has said almost nothing about holding bishops in his Church accountable. We hope we hear that message from him during this visit," Barrett Doyle said.
BishopAccountability.org周四发布了一个数据库,列出了数十名据称性侵儿童或弱势群体的秘鲁神职人员和宗教人物。
BishopAccountability.org on Thursday published a database identifying dozens of Peruvian clergy and religious figures it says have been accused of sexually abusing children or vulnerable people.
该组织还呼吁利奥谴责其所称的对调查虐待案件的记者进行司法迫害。
The group also called on Leo to condemn what it described as judicial persecution of journalists who have investigated abuse cases.