Kinshasa, DR Congo- Congolese and foreign activists on Monday called on Pope Francis to sanction a priest accused of sexually abusing a minor in the Democratic Republic of Congo where he arrives on Tuesday.
A girl identified as Marie told reporters by video conference how she was raped nearly two years ago by a priest from the Tshumbe diocese in the centre of the country, when, at the age of 14, she was “aspiring” to join the church.Since then, “I am not living in safety, everyone around me is under threat,” she said.
“It’s your duty to protect the children” from “the lies of pastors”, he said alongside members of Come, a Congolese association fighting sexual abuse. The Vatican probe found no evidence and the justice system “exonerated” the priest who has been “rehabilitated” the source added.
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