Vatican City, Mar 3, 2020 / 06:00 am
The Vatican is sending Archbishop Charles Scicluna and Monsignor Jordi Bertomeo to Mexico this month to meet with sex abuse victims and to strengthen the Mexican bishops' fight against sexual abuse.
"We have tried to fight in a responsible, transparent and clear way against the culture of abuse and cover-up that allows it to perpetuate itself. This conviction, which stems from accompanying the victims in their pain, seeking justice and healing, led us to request support from the Holy See through the Apostolic Nunciature," the Mexican bishops' conference said in a statement March 2.
Scicluna and Bertomeu will travel to Mexico March 20-27. This team from the Congregation of the Doctrine of Faith previously investigated the Church in Chile's response to sex abuse allegations in 2018, which eventually led every Chilean bishop to submit their resignations to Pope Francis.
During their trip to Mexico, the two are scheduled to meet with all of the country's bishops in Casa Lago outside of Mexico City on March 20. They will meet with the superiors of religious orders in Mexico on March 23.