“Historical summit exposes the hidden crisis of clergy abuse in the Philippines”, Mindanao Times, February 2, 2025:
“For the first time ever, leading experts gathered in a landmark three-day public summit to confront the issue of child sexual abuse and cover-ups by clergy on Jan. 31, 2025. The event featured the Philippines’ foremost authorities on the Catholic abuse crisis, alongside renowned global experts from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States.
Organizers aimed to spark a national conversation in the Philippines— the world’s third-largest Catholic country— about this long-silenced issue, while exposing the systemic failures within religious institutions across the developing world that have allowed abuse to persist unchecked.
In many countries, including the Philippines, clergy sexual abuse has been shielded by powerful church leaders who prioritize protecting the institution’s reputation over the well-being of survivors. Bishops and senior Church officials have been complicit in covering up abuse, transferring predator priests from parish to parish, and silencing victims……”
Read the full article at Mindanaotimes.com