Activists call on Pope to expel abusers ahead of Latin America tour

LIMA, Peru: Activists gathered in Lima Thursday to call on Pope Leo XIV to expel sexual abusers from the Catholic church, demanding justice in a long-running scandal, ahead of his Latin America tour this week. US-based nonprofit Bishop Accountability held a press conference Thursday to present a list of 77 clergy “who have been publicly accused of sexually abusing minors” in Peru. On Friday, the 71-year-old pontiff kicks off a tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, his adopted homeland where he li

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