Members

Coordinator: Rev. Jordi Pujol

Lawyer and Doctor of Moral Theology

Professor of Law and Communication Ethics at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Italy). He is a preventive and crisis communication consultant for various Church institutions in the area of transparency.

Rev. Thomas Berg

Theologian and PhD. Professor and researcher at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame (United States of America)

Founding member of the National Catholic Restorative Justice Initiative. Co-author of the proposal on ministerial competencies for seminaries. He accompanies survivors of abuse in their healing process.

Maria Candela

Journalist, Master’s in Corporate Reputation

Consultant in crisis communication and organizational listening. Communications Executive at the Villanueva University Foundation (Spain).

Santiago de la Cierva

Lawyer, Master’s in Communication, PhD in Philosophy of Knowledge

Professor of Preventive and Crisis Communication at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Italy). Director General of the Villanueva University Foundation (Spain).

Irma Patricia Espinosa

Psychiatrist and PhD in Psychiatry

Expert in Psychology and criminal profiling. Member of the National Child Protection Council of the Mexican Bishops' Conference. Academic Director and Founding Partner of CEPROME Latin America. Member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors since 2022. She trains and advises numerous dioceses across Latin America on the protection of minors.

Arturo Fitz Herbert

PhD in Communication. Professor of Public Affairs and Strategic Thinking. Director of the Graduate School of Communication at the School of Communication of Universidad Austral (Argentina).

Qualitative researcher in Social Sciences and expert in Crisis Communication.

María Inés Franck

Lawyer, Canonist, and Psychologist. Professor of Canon Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina. Member of the Pastoral Council for the Protection of Minors of the Argentine Bishops' Conference.

Founding member and Director of the Institutional Management area of CEPROME Latin America. Expert in protocols.

Catalina Gallego

Lawyer, specialist in Family Law, Master's in Child Protection.

International Director of Safe Environments for the Legionaries of Christ. She has nearly ten years of experience building safe environments in ecclesial and school settings (Colombia).

Msgr. John Paul Kimes

Lawyer and Juris Doctor. Professor of Canon Law at the University of Notre Dame Law School (United States of America).

For more than 10 years he served as an official of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (Vatican), in the disciplinary section. He is a legal consultant for various U.S. dioceses on matters of abuse in the Church.

Santiago Leyra-Curiá

PhD in Ecclesiastical Law of the State. Corresponding academic of the Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation of Spain. Professor of Law and Researcher in Religion and Society at Villanueva University (Spain).

María Angelina Luna

Lawyer, professor, specialist in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure from the Catholic University “Nuestra Señora de la Asunción” (Paraguay). Director of Outreach and member of CEPROME Latin America.

She trains and advises educational institutions, the Bishops' Conference, and the Conference of Religious of Paraguay in the management of cases of sexual abuse and other forms of violence.

Nicolás Meyer

Master's in Public Policy and in Social Economy Business Management. Regional Coordinator of Caritas Latin America and the Caribbean.

Expert in the management of ecclesial and civil society organizations at the regional level (Argentina).

Carolina Montero

PhD in Moral Theology. Academic at Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez (Chile).

Researcher in the interdisciplinary field of vulnerability and abuse in ecclesial contexts.

Rev. Daniel Portillo

Theologian and Psychoanalyst. PhD. Dean of the Faculty of Psychology at Universidad Católica Lumen Gentium (Mexico). Director and founding member of CEPROME Latin America.

He advises numerous dioceses across Latin America on the protection of minors.

Janaina Santos

Journalist, Master's in Communication and Cultures, and PhD candidate in Human Geography (Brazil). Professor of Digital Culture at the Jesuit Faculty of Philosophy and Theology.

Coordinator of the Institutional Relations Commission of the Brazilian Society of Catholic Scientists (SBCC) and host of the program “Iglesia y Sinodalidad” (Church and Synodality) on Rede Catedral.

María José Valero-Estarellas

Lawyer and PhD in Law. Professor of Law and Vice-Rector for Research and Knowledge Transfer at Villanueva University (Spain). Corresponding academic of the Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation of Spain.

Researcher in Public Liberties, Law and Religion, and specialist in the law of autonomy of religious denominations.

Marypili Navas

Lawyer and Economist. Student of Canon Law at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Italy).

Project coordination assistant.