euronews
UNITED KINGDOM
A member of a group advising Pope Francis on how to root out sex abuse in the Catholic Church has quit citing resistance within the Vatican.
Marie Collins, an Irish woman who is herself a survivor of clerical abuse, said the special commission had suffered constant setbacks, “despite the Pope approving all its recommendations”.
“There are still men in the heart of the church, in the Curia, in Rome, in the administration of the church, who put other considerations before working with in cooperation with the Commission on the protection of minors,” said Marie Collins.