A cleric who engages in sexual misconduct with a minor is not "Venerable" Pope Leo XIV

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A cleric who engages in sexual misconduct with a minor is not "venerable" Pope Leo XI

As explained here:
"A 'missionary' bishop made 'Venerable' and green-lighted for the beatification process by Pope Leo XIV allowed indigenous youth to touch his genitals and shared a bed naked with a youth who had previously made “provocative homosexual attempts,” recently published reports show.
In May 2025, Leo declared Msgr. Alejandro Labaka 'Venerable' along with Sr. Inés Arango Velásquez, with whom he worked. InfoCatolica recently highlighted concerning passages in Labaka’s autobiographical writings in which the bishop recounted his observations of disordered sexual practices of the Huaorani people in the Amazon. Of particular concern is one time when he admittedly allowed the indigenous youth to arouse him.
He recounted in the Huaorani Chronicle, according to InfoCatólica:
The young people were more playful than ever, abound in words and signs that figured the union of sexes, allowing touches on the genitals. This time they especially bothered me, until confirming with uproar …

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