Bispo D. José Ornelas reeleito presidente da Conferência Episcopal Portuguesa

Jose Ornelas Carvalho, Bishop of Leiria-Fatima and President of the Portuguese Episcopal Conference looks on during a press conference after a meeting with the members of the Portuguese Episcopal Conference to discuss the report held by an independent commission for the study of sexual abuse of children in the Portuguese Catholic Church at Fatima shrine in Leiria on March 3, 2023. – Portugal’s Catholic Church asked victims of sexual abuse by the clergy for forgiveness, following the publication of an independent report that set out the extent of paedophilia. “It is with sorrow that we once again ask forgiveness from all the victims of sexual assaults within the Catholic Church in Portugal,” the bishops’ conference said in a statement after a meeting in Fatima, central Portugal. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP) PORTUGAL-RELIGION-CATHOLIC-CHILDREN-ABUSE