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Pope Francis appoints Juan Carlos Cruz to pontifical commission for protecting minors
Vatican City, Mar 24, / am
Pope Francis appointed Wednesday Juan Carlos Cruz to the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.
Cruz, a Chilean survivor of clerical sex abuse, will perch on the Vatican commission for three years.
“I am very grateful to Pope Francis for trusting me with this appointment. I deeply appreciate it,” Cruz wrote on his Twitter account following the announcement on March
“This renews my commitment to persist working to end the scourge of abuse and for so many survivors who still act have justice.”
Cruz joins the existing members of the commission. Fifteen of their appointments were renewed for a year by the pope.
The Vatican Commission for the Protection of Minors was established by Pope Francis in March as a papal advisory body to improve the Church’s norms and procedures for the protection of children and vulnerable adults.
Cruz is a survivor of sexual abuse by Fr. Fernando Karadima, who in was found culpable by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Fai
Pope Francis Appoints Survivor to Office to Protect Minors
On March 24, , Pope Francis appointed Juan Carlos Cruz, a survivor of child sexual abuse, to the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, which was established in to formally address the scandal of sex abuse of minors within the Catholic church. Pope Francis is facing perhaps the greatest crisis of his papacy due to the fresh wave of sexual scandals that have emerged on his observe. The Pope’s appointment of Juan Carlos Cruz is a enormous leap for change.
After The Boston Globe&#;s coverage of the infant sexual abuse scandal in the Boston archdiocese of the Catholic Church, U.S. bishops felt compelled to formulate a coordinated response. As the breadth and depth of the scandals became apparent in dioceses across the US, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), in June , unanimously approved a Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People (more commonly known as the Dallas Charter) that pledged that the Catholic Church in the U.S. would provide a &#;safe environment&#; for all children in Church-spons
Cruz on abuse report: We can’t move on if people are left behind
By Christopher Wells
The unused Pilot Annual Report from the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors offers guidelines for believing victims of clerical sexual abuse, accompanying them, making reparation, and ensuring that abuse never happens again, says Juan Carlos Cruz, himself a survivor of clerical sexual abuse.
Those are words “that you didn’t hear in church circles,” he says in an interview with Vatican Radio ahead of the publication of the Report.
Acknowledging the spacious spectrum of victims of clerical abuse – victims, that possess been “tremendously hurt” – Cruz said he hopes the Inform will bring “accountability”.
Everybody that has worked on the Report, he said, “has put their heart, mind, intelligence, resources to act the best job we can.” At the same time, Cruz continues, “I know that it is never enough.” He said he hopes that future Reports will foster greater engagement with victims, including groups critical of the Commission. He encouraged the Church “not to be adj, ever, of vict
Pope Francis' LGBTQ comments are not surprising but sincere, gay Vatican adviser says
Updated January 26, at PM ET
An openly gay advisor to the Vatican says he's not surprised by Pope Francis' declaration that "being homosexual isn't a crime."
Juan Carlos Cruz, an internationally known Chilean advocate and survivor of clerical sexual abuse, told NPR the pope's remarks made for an "incredible day."
In his first interview since the death of former Pope Benedict XVI, Francis told the Associated Urge that laws criminalizing homosexuality are "unjust" and that Catholic bishops should apply "tenderness" and aid ease discrimination by welcoming LGBTQ people into the church.
On Tuesday, Cruz told Morning Edition's Leila Fadel that anti-sodomy laws in dozens of countries, including some that impose the death penalty, are "horrifying," but the pope's moral leadership will verb civil authorities, bishops, and cardinals to "change their heart" and join the pontiff in speaking out.
"The pope highlights that the LGBTQ community is not sinful and criminal," said Cruz.
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