On this week’s episode of “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle is joined by Laurence Gien, a survivor of clerical sexual abuse who spoke about his experience as part of a penitential celebration in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Oct. 1, 2024.
Calling for healing for survivors and administrative urgency from the church to address their pain, Mr. Gien saw his testimony as an important symbolic act to promote transparency and accountability for people wounded by the Catholic Church—many of whom remain unnamed and unheard.
More from this episode:
Synod opens with unusual penitential service: 7 cardinals ask for forgiveness for church’s sins
Synod Diary: The synod’s call to conversion
“Invictus” by William Ernest Henley
Synod coverage on other America podcasts:
Jesuitical Podcast: What is (and isn’t) the role of bishops in a synodal church?
Further synod coverage from America:
Synod Diary: Father James Martin’s halftime report from inside the synod hall
Synod Diary: Lessons from the Jesuit pilgrimage for the synod slog
A synod member’s case against synod cynicism
