Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma responds to an online database that lists at least 10 priests with ties to Cebu accused of sexually abusing minors. While acknowledging the deep wound these cases cause, Palma emphasizes that three listed priests are currently in active ministry after undergoing legal and canonical processes. He asserts the Archdiocese of Cebu's proactive stance on safeguarding minors and calls for a collective effort within the church to address the crisis.
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Such cases of sexual abuse “deeply wound the very fabric of our faith life and community and cause irreparable damage to the lives of the victims,” Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma said in a statement on Thursday, January 31.82 priests and brothers with ties to the Philippines Palma, who released his statement in reaction to the publicized names, said only three of those listed are incardinated or attached to the Archdiocese of Cebu and are in active ministry. He did not identify them.
“One can only hope that while the guilty is to be punished, the innocently accused needs also to be spared. At times, the distinction is overlooked,” Palma said in his statement.
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