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  • Abuse of consecrated women: “The first words should be: I believe you, you are not alone” (Aciprensa)

    Abuse of consecrated women: “The first words should be: I believe you, you are not alone” (Aciprensa)

    In view of the typically cynical attitude of the religious of the IVE to blame the religious who were victims of sexual abuse by Father José María Corbelle, we reproduce here an article originally published by Victoria Cardiel in Aciprensa that illustrates the attitude that the members of the IVE should have when they pastorally accompany the sisters.

    The challenge of confronting abuse in consecrated life – in all its dimensions: sexual, power, conscience and also economic – was the focus of the work of the international meeting organized by the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors in Palazzo Maffei Marescotti in Rome.

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