Confronting Ecclesial Sin and Galvanizing a Shared Project for Moral Repair

Marcus Mescher

doi:10.14422/ee.v100.i392.y2025.005

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Marcus Mescher XIM University https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1655-4091

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14422/ee.v100.i392.y2025.005

Palabras clave:

autoridad moral, daño moral, reparación moral, abusos sexuales clericales, pecado

Resumen

La Iglesia se presenta como la presencia visible de Dios, una institución santa y un lugar de santificación. La Iglesia también es lugar de pecado, tanto a través de actos individuales como estructuras que se resisten a la transparencia y distribución equitativa del poder en la Iglesia. Para responder a los nuevos desafíos de nuestro tiempo, necesitamos una ética teológica para enfrentar el daño moral causado por estas acciones y estructuras pecaminosas, así como trazar caminos hacia la reparación moral. Este ensayo propone la categoría de «pecado eclesial» para identificar las dimensiones del daño intrapersonal, interpersonal e institucional causado por una traición a la confianza sagrada y al poder sagrado conferido a los líderes eclesiales que fueron ordenados in persona Christi. Luego explora cómo brindar reparación moral a través de siete compromisos: reconocimiento, arrepentimiento, reparación de relaciones, justicia restaurativa, reparaciones, recuperación de voz profética y reforma de estructuras.

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