An Irish sex abuse victim has quit a Vatican panel set up by Pope Francis to deal with paedophile priest scandals over a “shameful” lack of co-operation Marie Collins who was assaulted by a hospital chaplain when she was thirteen, accused Vatican bureaucrats of “resistance” to the work of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors and obstructing reforms backed by the Pope. I have resigned from the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors Statement here: https://t.co/q7ElsXgxD6 — Marie Collins (@marielco) March 1, 2017 Her departure marks yet another blow to the Pope attempts to show that the Vatican is effectively combating child abuse in the Church. There are now no abuse survivors working for the Pontifical Commission which was set up by Pope Francis in March 2014. RT reports: Since its inception it has been repeatedly dogged by internal disputes and resignations. Collins, who was the only remaining Commission member to have suffered sexual abuse by a priest, said Vatican officials were hampering the work of the panel resulting in “constant setbacks.” She rose to prominence in Ireland as a campaigner against clerical abuse almost 20 years ago when she challenged the late Cardinal Desmond Connell’s failure to [...]
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