Rupnik Victims Write Letter To Pope Leo
(ITALY) Laura Sgrò [Rome, Italy] September 23, 2026 By Gloria Branciani, Mirjam Kovac, Sister Samuelle, Vida Bernard, and Pia Your Holiness, We are five victims of Fr. Marko Ivan Rupnik: Gloria Branciani, Mirjam Kovac, Sister Samuelle, Vida Bernard, and Pia—the last of whom has chosen to use a pseudonym due to a well-founded fear of
Laura Sgrò [Rome, Italy]
September 23, 2026
By Gloria Branciani, Mirjam Kovac, Sister Samuelle, Vida Bernard, and Pia
Your Holiness,
We are five victims of Fr. Marko Ivan Rupnik: Gloria Branciani, Mirjam Kovac, Sister Samuelle, Vida Bernard, and Pia—the last of whom has chosen to use a pseudonym due to a well-founded fear of reprisals.
We decided to write to you on the occasion of your trip to France—and specifically your visit to Lourdes, where you will meet abuse victims like us—at a place where Fr. Rupnik’s mosaics will no longer be visible on the basilica’s façade, following the decision by His Excellency Monsignor …