Le pape François rencontre les évêques catholiques américains

Le pape François recevait aujourd'hui deux représentants de l'Église catholique aux États-Unis pour discuter de la crise des abus sexuels impliquant des prêtres américains. Ce dossier scandaleux et profondément triste entache la crédibilité des membres du clergé et François lui-même. Que fera-t-on pour corriger le tir et se montrer digne de confiance alors qu'on a tenté de couvrir les responsables pendant trop longtemps? Un bien lourd mandat pour le pape et des victimes trop nombreuses pour lesquelles des excuses ne suffisent pas.

 "That leader, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, was himself accused this week of covering up the actions of a priest in his archdiocese who was just arrested for sexually abusing children.

And as the bishops met with Francis, the pope also removed from ministry the bishop of West Virginia’s Catholic Church, who will face a Vatican investigation on charges of sexual harassment.

“We shared with Pope Francis our situation in the United States — how the Body of Christ is lacerated by the evil of sexual abuse. He listened very deeply from the heart. It was a lengthy, fruitful, and good exchange,” DiNardo said in a statement after leaving the meeting, which also included Archbishop Seán Patrick O’Malley of Boston and Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles. But DiNardo did not say what concrete steps, if any, the bishops agreed to for addressing the crisis."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/pope-francis-orders-investigation-of-wva-bishop-on-sexual-harassment-charges/2018/09/13/b0ebdd34-b741-11e8-94eb-3bd52dfe917b_story.html?utm_term=.df946dbc6ab9