He Pope Leo XIV held a private audience with the Peruvian cardinal Juan Luis Ciprianisanctioned by the Vatican after being reported for sexual abuse. The meeting took place at the papal residence and was included in the public agenda of the pontiff. At the moment, no photographs or official statements have been released about what was discussed between the two, and the reserved nature of the meeting remains.
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The meeting has caused surprise inside and outside the Peruvian Church. Cipriani was subject to disciplinary measures imposed in 2019 by Pope Franciswhich included the ban on wearing cardinal insigniaof issue public statements and the recommendation of stay outside Peru.
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For now, everything remains within the framework of the protocol and the usual discretion of the Holy See. The Vatican does not usually report the content of private audiences, and official images, if any, could only be released in the coming days. Vatican sources indicate that The meeting could be linked to the controversy over the use of cardinal symbolsa practice that Cipriani has been expressly prohibited since he was sanctioned.
The case of Cipriani remains one of the most controversial within the Peruvian ecclesiastical hierarchy. The complaint of sexual abuse against him, made by a 58-year-old victim today, was investigated in confidence and led to internal sanctions. Despite this, the former archbishop of Lima has denied the charges and has described the accusation as “absolutely false.”
Cipriani met Rafael López Aliaga at a charity event in Madrid
In the middle of last September, Juan Luis Cipriani reappeared publicly in Madrid during a charity dinner organized to support the ‘Emergency Water’ program promoted by the Mayor of Lima, Rafael López Aliaga. The sanctioned cardinal was presented as a guest of honor and shared a table with the burgomaster, his brother. Javier Ciprianidirector of the Lima Foundation, and the politician Alfredo Barnechea.
The relationship between López Aliaga and the former archbishop of Lima It is not recent. In January, the mayor awarded him the Order of Merit Medal in the degree of Grand Crosshighlighting his “pastoral and academic career.” This recognition, as revealed by the victim of Cipriani to the newspaper El País of Spain, was the fact that motivated the public dissemination of the complaint of sexual abuse against the prelate.
The complainant, who is now 58 years old, maintains that The events occurred when he was a teenagerduring confession sessions at a student center in Lima.
