Book Panel, Authors Meet Critics. Title: Abuse in the Latin American Church, An Evolving Crisis at the Core of Catholicism, edited by Véronique Lecaros and Ana Lourdes Suárez, editorial Routledge. 2024.

Author Meet Critics Book Panel. The book Abuse in the Latin American Church An Evolving Crisis at the Core of Catholicism, is the first compendium addressing the issue of ecclesial abuses in Latin America, brings together manuscripts written by specialists, from various disciplines in the social sciences, who are currently investigating the subject. This book addresses the crisis of abuses in one of the regions of the world with the highest percentage of Catholics. Bringing together research from across the continent, it demonstrates that abuse within the Church is indeed a global phenomenon, though abuses have taken different forms according to varying socio-cultural contexts. With attention to abuses committed against children, women and vulnerable adults - by both men and women - within the settings of parishes, new religious movements and international religious organizations, it also raises questions of justice and mercy, asking how to assess the suffering of victims, how to deal with abusers and how to prevent abuses.