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ABUSE SURVIVOR AND campaigner Marie Collins, of Aware and One in Four, has been named as a member of the Vatican’s new commission for the protection of minors.
The committee was set up to help improve measures within the Catholic church to protect children against sex abuse.
A statement from the Vatican today said:
…having heard the advice of a number of Cardinals, other members of the College of Bishops, and experts in the field, and having duly deliberated, Pope Francis now is forming a Commission for the safeguarding of minors.
The members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors are:
Dr Catherine Bonnet (France)
Mrs Marie Collins (Ireland)
Professor the Baroness Sheila Hollins (United Kingdom)
Cardinal Sean Patrick O’Malley, OFM Cap (US)
Professor Claudio Papale (Italy)
Her Excellency Hanna Suchocka (Poland)
Reverend Humberto Miguel Yañez, SJ (Argentina)
Reverend Hans Zollner, SJ (Germany)
They will prepare the Statutes of the Commission, which will define its tasks and competencies. Other members will be added to the commission in the future.
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