Abuse watchdog groups have blasted Pope Leo XIV, elevating allegations in some survivor communities that the he failed while leading a diocese in Peru to properly investigate allegations that two priests sexually abused them as children.
But reporting from the Catholic news site Crux and others calls into question this narrative and Leo has been lauded by other survivors for his handling of cases of abuse. RNS reporters Aleja Hertzler-McCain and Claire Giangravé have the story from Vatican City.
