IRELAND
Irish Times

Colm O’Gorman, the founder of the One in Four organisation that supports clerical sex abuse victims in Ireland, said the emergence of Pope Francis on the balcony in St Peter’s Square had evoked “a spark of hope” in him.

“There was a humility and a humanity about it that was intriguing and encouraging,” he said.

“We don’t know enough about this man yet but one would hope we are facing into a period of more humility, more humanity and more openness – that’s what we should at least hope for.”

Describing the new pontiff’s task as “enormous”, Mr O’Gorman said that at the same time, what was required was “not complex”.