February 13, 2024
Are church leaders really listening to women?
VATICAN CITY (VATICAN CITY)
U.S. Catholic - Claretian Publications [Chicago IL]
February 13, 2024
By Jenn Morson
Read original articleAfter the Synod on Synodality, women in the church are still asking to be heard.
In September 2023, five women who had made abuse allegations against Slovenian artist and former Jesuit Father Marko Rupnik publicized an open letter in response to the Vicariate of Rome’s positive report on the Centro Aletti, the art and theology school Rupnik founded. The women expressed their hurt and frustration, stating that they were left speechless by the report, which, they said, “ridicules the pain of the victims, but also of the whole Church, mortally wounded by such blatant hubris.” According to the women, Pope Francis never responded to letters from Rupnik’s victims.
Although Rupnik was excommunicated in 2020 and expelled from the Jesuit order in 2023, Pope Francis initially opted not to waive the statute of limitations for the women’s claims. Following the open letter and a general outcry over the handling of this…
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