Juan Carlos Cruz attends the red carpet of the movie "Francesco" during the 15th Rome Film Festival on October 21, 2020 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

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Juan Carlos Cruz attends the red carpet of the movie "Francesco" during the 15th Rome Film Festival on October 21, 2020 in Rome, Italy.

Cruz is a survivor of sexual abuse by Fr. Fernando Karadima, who in 2011 was found guilty by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith of sexually abusing minors in the 1980s and 1990s.