Pope’s man in Mexico says clergy, bishops covered up child abuse

Mexico Catholic Cover Up

Title: Pope’s man in Mexico says clergy, bishops covered up child abuse

Author: Ines San Martin

Publisher: Crux

Date: 20MAY2021

ROME – Members of the Mexican clergy, including bishops, “covered up” child sexual abuse for years, according to Pope Francis’s envoy in the world’s second most populous Catholic country, who called those crimes “psychological murder.”

“It’s a terrible tragedy of which perhaps we were once not aware,” said Italian Archbishop Franco Coppola. “Every time I meet with victims, I realize how true what Pope Francis said is: (abuse) is a psychological murder.”

After having spoken with several victims of abuse, Coppola said child sexual abuse “is worse than murder” because it leaves lifelong consequences such as “difficulty in relating to other people.”