
妮可·温菲尔德、阿尔穆德纳·卡拉特拉瓦 布宜诺斯艾利斯,阿根廷 —— 教皇利奥十四世周一在访问阿根廷期间会见了神职人员性侵幸存者。这个国家一直在清算天主教会的性侵与掩盖遗留问题,其中包括阿根廷籍教皇方济各介入的案件。
NICOLE WINFIELD, ALMUDENA CALATRAVA BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Pope Leo XIV met with survivors of clergy abuse on Monday during his visit to Argentina, a country that has been reckoning with the Catholic Church’s legacy of sex abuse and cover-up, including in cases in which the Argentine Pope Francis intervened.
梵蒂冈表示,利奥单独会见了由当地教会挑选的五名神职人员和“教会机构”性侵受害者,随后又以小组形式会见,共耗时约一小时。会面在阿根廷天主教大学举行。
The Vatican said Leo spent about an hour meeting individually, and then as a group, with five victims of abuse by clergy and “church institutions” who were chosen by the local church. The meeting took place at the Catholic University of Argentina.
梵蒂冈发言人马泰奥·布鲁尼在一份声明中说,利奥聆听了他们“痛苦的经历和巩固教会疗愈之路的建议”。
Leo listened to their “painful stories and proposals to consolidate paths of healing in the church,” said a statement from Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni.
声明称,承认还有其他受害者团体希望会见利奥,“教皇表达了他的关切,并希望加强教会内部的保护、接纳和陪伴之路”。
Acknowledging that there were other groups of victims who had wanted to meet with Leo, “the pope expressed his closeness and desire to reinforce paths of protection, of welcome and accompaniment in the church,” it said.
受害者团体表示,他们曾希望会见利奥但被拒,其中包括一个由43名女性组成的团体,她们指控在阿根廷保守团体“天主教工会”中心遭受人口贩卖和强迫劳动。
Victims groups had said they wanted to meet with Leo and were denied, including a group of 43 women who allege they were subjected to human trafficking and forced labor at centers of the conservative group Opus Dei in Argentina.
她们的指控牵涉到“工会”高级成员,其中一些人已在针对这些女性指控的刑事调查中被正式起诉。检方已请求传唤这些成员接受讯问,但法官尚未下令。“工会”否认有任何不当行为。
Their allegations implicate senior members of Opus, some of whom have been formally accused in a criminal investigation into the women’s claims. Prosecutors have requested that the members be summoned for questioning, but the judge has not ordered it. Opus has denied wrongdoing.
鉴于刑事调查仍在进行,利奥不太可能通过会见她们来介入此案。不过总体而言,这位美国籍教皇追随方济各的脚步,并在较小程度上追随本笃十六世的脚步,在出访期间会见性侵幸存者,预计他本周晚些时候抵达秘鲁时将举行另一次会面。
Given the ongoing criminal investigation, it is perhaps unlikely that Leo would have intervened by meeting with them in this case. However, in general, the American pope has followed in the footsteps of Francis and to a lesser extent Pope Benedict XVI by meeting with abuse survivors on his foreign trips, and another meeting is expected when he arrives later this week in Peru.
在阿根廷之行之前,幸存者也曾要求梵蒂冈对那些在刑事法庭被指控或定罪、但在教会内部法律程序中命运尚未公开的人采取更有力的行动。
Ahead of the Argentine visit, survivors had also demanded stronger action from the Vatican against those accused or convicted in criminal courts but whose fates within the church’s internal legal processes haven’t been made public.
幸存者团体列举了几名因严重罪行被刑事法庭定罪的知名神职人员,其中包括胡利奥·格拉西和前主教古斯塔沃·赞切塔。教皇方济各曾在两起案件中均向着神职人员一方介入,而这些神职人员随后均被刑事法庭定罪。
Survivors’ groups have cited several high-profile priests convicted of serious crimes, including Julio Grassi and former Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta . Francis intervened in both cases in favor of the priests who were subsequently convicted by criminal courts.
格拉西曾是一位显要人物,经营着孤儿院,目前正在服15年刑期,罪名是性侵未成年人。方济各当时仍是豪尔赫·马里奥·贝尔格里奥枢机主教兼布宜诺斯艾利斯总主教,他在2010年委托制作了一份四卷本、两千多页的格拉西案司法鉴定研究,结论认定格拉西无罪、受害者在撒谎,且该案本不应开庭审理。
Grassi, once a prominent figure who ran homes for orphaned children, is serving a 15-year sentence for sexually abusing a minor. Francis, who at the time was still Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio and the archbishop of Buenos Aires, in 2010 commissioned a four-volume, 2,000-plus-page forensic study of Grassi’s case that concluded he was innocent , that his victims were lying and that the case never should have gone to trial.
赞切塔是方济各的亲密前主教,2022年因性侵两名修道院神学生被判处四年半监禁。他于2025年获准假释,引发了要求将其还俗的新呼声。方济各最初驳回了对赞切塔的指控,并在梵蒂冈为他安排了一个职位,使他得以离开阿根廷。这位已故教皇最终于2019年批准对赞切塔启动教会法刑事程序,但梵蒂冈尚未公开宣判。
Zanchetta, a former bishop close to Francis, was sentenced in 2022 to 4 1/2 years in prison for sexually abusing two seminarians. He was granted parole in 2025, prompting renewed demands that he be defrocked. Francis had initially rejected the accusations against Zanchetta and created a job for him at the Vatican that got him out of Argentina. The late pope eventually authorized a canonical criminal proceeding against Zanchetta in 2019, but the Vatican has not publicly announced a ruling.
梵蒂冈倾向于等到所有刑事上诉用尽后才启动教会法审判,以免预判结果,尽管它建议主教在调查期间采取预防性措施,如让神职人员暂离活跃牧职。
The Vatican tends to not initiate canonical trials until all criminal appeals are exhausted, to not prejudge the outcomes, though it does recommend that bishops take precautionary measures during investigations such as removing priests from active ministry.
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