Chicago-born Robert Prevost grew to become the 267th individual to change into Pope. He’s the primary Augustinian pope and the second Roman Pontiff — after Pope Francis — from the Americas.
He can be often known as Pope Leo XIV.
Weeks into his reign, Pope Leo is dealing with accusations by a defrocked priest accused of s**ual abuse of youngsters.
The previous priest, James M. Ray, claimed that it was Pope Leo himself — who at the moment served as the top of the Midwest province of the Catholic Church’s Augustinian order — signed an order that allow him dwell at a Hyde Park monastery by a Catholic main college. Ray added that Prevost was properly conscious of the claims made in opposition to him about abusing at the least 13 youngsters, the Mirror reported.
“He’s the one who gave me permission to remain there,” Ray revealed.
Regardless of the allegations, Ray moved lower than a block from St. Thomas the Apostle Elementary College. The varsity was not knowledgeable of his presence close to their facility. What’s extra, there was additionally a daycare middle simply throughout the alley.
Once they let Ray settle subsequent to the college, archdiocesan officers wrongly acknowledged there have been “no faculties within the fast space.”
Whereas a 2020 memo states that Prevost was knowledgeable of Ray’s historical past of abuse, he nonetheless authorized his keep.
Nevertheless, a lawyer for the Augustinians claimed that Prevost was solely “accepting a visitor” and wasn’t accountable of day by day oversight of Ray. Based on the lawyer, it was a duty of the now-deceased Rev. James Thompson.
After spending two years on the monastery, Ray was eliminated and in 2012 he was defrocked by the Catholic Church. Regardless of the accusations in opposition to him, he was by no means convicted and isn’t on any authorities s*x offender registry.
“I felt deserted by the church, however by no means felt deserted by God,” Ray stated. “My religion continues to be robust. I dwell out my life every day the most effective I can. When this comes up, there’s a ache in my chest.”
Within the face of the Church’s international abuse disaster, Pope Leo asks for transparency and therapeutic.
“Silence will not be the answer. We have to be clear and sincere. We should accompany and help the victims, as a result of in any other case their wounds won’t ever heal,” Prevost advised Vatican Information in 2023.
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