Antonio Provolo Institute

Abuse survivors seek more progress 1 year after papal summit
- Feb 21, 2020
Survivors of church sex abuse have descended on Rome this week, marking the first anniversary of Pope Francis’ summit of church leaders on preventing abuse with calls for more accountability and acknowledgment of their pain.

By Nicole Winfield
Deaf survivors call on Vatican to release documents on abusers
- Feb 20, 2020
Three former students at a school for the deaf in Argentina traveled to Rome to demand Pope Francis and Vatican officials release records on priests who abused them and other students.

By Junno Arocho Esteves
Abuse victims look to Vatican after UN meetings in Geneva
- Feb 19, 2020
Three deaf victims of sexual abuse by priests in Argentina wrapped up a string of meetings with United Nations human rights officials in Geneva on Wednesday, hoping to build pressure on the Vatican — and Pope Francis himself — to come clean about the crimes committed against them.

By Jamey Keaten

Argentine victim calls bishop’s apology for abuse a ‘mockery’
- Nov 30, 2019
After hearing the recent apology of an Argentinian bishop who asked forgiveness of all those abused by priests and religious in the country, one victim said the plea was too little too late, and that instead of being a comfort, it was a source of anger.

By Elise Harris
Trial for priests accused of abusing deaf Argentine students
- Aug 4, 2019
Ezequiel Villalonga has expressed the power he feels after years of suffering now that the priests whom he and other former students accuse of abuse are finally going to trial.

By Associated Press
Activists praise Argentina, press pope on fight against clergy abuse
- Apr 30, 2019
Members of a global anti-clerical abuse network met with the Argentine Ambassador to the Holy See, Rogelio Francisco Emilio Pfirter, on Monday to promote initiatives in support of “zero tolerance” in Pope Francis’s native land.

By Claire Giangravè