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Victims hope Pope’s Portugal visit to shine spotlight on clerical abuse

A person walks by a church in the center of Lisbon, Portugal, on 2nd December, 2021.

Lisbon, Portugal Reuters Filipa Almeida was 17 when she was sexually abused by a priest. She stayed silent for years but eventually found the strength to speak out and hopes a visit by Pope Francis to her native Portugal this week will remind the world of thousands of similar crimes. “I lived with this secret […]