{"id":382161,"date":"2026-09-25T19:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T18:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/france-survivor-of-childhood-sexual-abuse-by-priest-opens-up-ahead-of-pope-leos-visit-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T19:00:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T18:00:39","slug":"france-survivor-of-childhood-sexual-abuse-by-priest-opens-up-ahead-of-pope-leos-visit-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/france-survivor-of-childhood-sexual-abuse-by-priest-opens-up-ahead-of-pope-leos-visit-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"France: Survivor of childhood sexual abuse by priest opens up ahead of Pope Leo&#8217;s visit | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/RHKDhELQL5Y\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"France: Survivor of childhood sexual abuse by priest opens up ahead of Pope Leo's visit | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RHKDhELQL5Y\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo is in France for several days \u2014 it&#8217;s the first formal, papal visit to the nation in nearly 20 years \u2014 and one of his stops is to meet with child survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic priests. 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