Demonstrators in DR Congo demand pope meet sexual abuse victims

Members of Ending Clergy Abuse (ECA) hold a banner that reads " No to Church Sexual Abuse" as they protest in front of the Cathedral Notre Dame De Lingwala, where Pope Francis came to meet Roman Catholic bishops, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo February 2, 2023. REUTERS/Luc Gnago

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Around two dozen activists and sexual abuse victims demonstrated in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital on Thursday across the road from a cathedral where Pope Francis was meeting clergy.

They held up placards, including some demanding that the pope meet with clergy abuse victims in the country.