BELGIUM
Brussels Times
The bishops of Belgium have declared this coming Saturday, April 8th, as the “National Day for Victims of Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church”.
A ceremony will take place, on the day, at 11 a.m. in the Basilique Nationale de Sacré-Coeur (the Roman Catholic Minor Basilica and parish church). This is located in the Koekelberg district of Brussels.
During the Service the Primate of Belgium, Cardinal Jozef De Kesel, the Bishop of Antwerp, Mgr Johan Bonny and the Bishop of Tournai, Mgr Guy Harpigny will all speak. Other senior clerics will also have the chance to say a few words.
Ingrid Rosschaert’s work, entitled “Esse est Percipi” (which translates as “Existence is a form of acknowledgement”, editor’s note), dedicated to the memory of all sexual abuse victims within the Catholic Church, will be unveiled on this occasion.
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