Pope Francis apologizes to a gay activist who suffered sexual abuse
GAYLES.TV.- The activist LGTB + Juan Carlos Cruz, is a Chilean resident in the United States who was a victim of sexual abuse during his adolescence on the part of Fernando Karadima, in the church of Sacred Heart of Jesus en Santiago de Chile. After revealing the series of violations towards minors by priests of Chile, the very Pope Francisco He invited Cross for a week in Santa Marta, your residence in Vatican to apologize and talk about it.
Juan Carlos Cruz He assured that the pope francisco He did not condemn him because of his homosexual condition. According Cross, in his meeting with the Supreme Pontiff, told him that he had felt slandered by the bishops of his country when they used their sexual orientation as a weapon to discredit him. And he said he was worried that he thought being gay was a bad thing. He Pope immediately he said «Look, Juan Carlos, God loves you that way. God made you that way. He Pope he loves you and you have to love yourself«. The victim's new statement comes after the 34 bishops of Chile they will leave their position in the hands of the leader of the Catholic Church for said sexual abuse.
"I want to ask your forgiveness, on behalf of the Pope and the Church"
The main issues discussed were sexual abuse and pedophilia in ChileHowever, the pontiff repeatedly apologized for all the pain he suffered, and invited him to regain faith in the Church. «I want to ask your forgiveness, on behalf of the Pope and the Church, for everything you have been through. I apologize for me, because I was the cause of this situation that caused you so much pain in recent months" He said Pope a Cross.
This is not the first time that the pontiff has kept the community open LGTB +. In July of 2013, at the express question of a journalist about the supposed gay lobby of the Vatican, Pope He said "Who am I to judge?«. Despite the apparent openness in some cases, the Catholic Church continues without recognizing the rights of LGBT + people.
Sources: Collective Culture, 24 Hours
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