Pope Leo XIV is facing backlash from a leading clergy abuse survivors group, which accuses him of repeatedly turning a blind eye to sexual abuse allegations.
Feel free to perform your own Internet search and click on a link you like. I picked a handful of the many stories about it. There had been links posted yesterday alleging this from before he was pope but even searching by his dead name only brings up the current articles now.
Mediaite is a blog. I’d be interested in some journalism from a more solid source tho.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/pope-leo-catholic-vatican-sexual-abuse-b2747885.html
https://www.the-sun.com/news/14199016/pope-leo-sex-abuse-cover-up/
https://www.thelibertybeacon.com/pope-leo-xiv-looked-the-other-way-when-confronted-with-child-sex-abuse-allegations/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/27/sex-abuse-heart-of-catholic-church-francis-pope-successor/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/05/08/pope-leo-cardinal-robert-prevost-augustinians-chicago
The Sun is an actively terrible rag, and the Telegraph is right-wing. Anything named “the liberty beacon” is automatically under suspicion.
The Independent is a bit conservative but generally reliable, and I’m not familiar with the Sun Times.
Obviously the story has a factual basis, but I just want to see more reliable outlets reporting on it.
Feel free to perform your own Internet search and click on a link you like. I picked a handful of the many stories about it. There had been links posted yesterday alleging this from before he was pope but even searching by his dead name only brings up the current articles now.