{
  "id": 10649795,
  "title": "Pope Leo XIV clarifies reported description of sexual abuse in Church as 'systemic'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/pope-leo-xiv-clarifies-reported-description-of-sexual-abuse-in-church",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T08:25:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2026/09/29/pope-leo-xiv-clarifies-reported-description-of-sexual-abuse-in-church-as-systemic_6758063_7.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "On Sunday, victims who met with the pope in France said he had marked a major shift by calling the sexual violence 'systemic.' However, on his flight back to Rome, Leo said that he had been referring to organizations within the Church that, 'at times,' have 'as a system, been abusive.'",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Pope says parts of Church abusive 'as a system'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/pope-says-parts-of-church-abusive-as-a-system",
        "published": "2026-09-29T04:09:23.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}