Religion. Pope's Visit to France: Victims of Sexual Violence Received but Not the Betharram Collective
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The Church has received some 40 requests including a dozen from collectives, it is said at the Conference of Bishops of France, recalling that it will be a "private meeting", thus open only to invited persons and without cameras.
Pope Leo XIV will meet victims of sexual assault in the Catholic Church during his visit to Lourdes on 26 and 27 September. Victims of the Betharram settlement could be present.
The head of the Catholic Church could, however, individually receive victims of violence in the Catholic school, said the bishop of Tarbes-Lourdes.
The spokesman of the association learned with "deception" this Friday the choice of Leo XIV, which takes place in Lourdes on 27 September. However, the sovereign pontiff will grant a hearing to seven victims of sexual violence in the Church.
The principal collective of the victims of Betharram asked for an interview with Pope Leo XIV when he came to Lourdes, about fifteen kilometers from the establishment.
Pope Francis will meet seven victims of sexual violence in the Church in France, a private meeting that already arouses criticism from collectives denouncing "institutional contempt".
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