IRELAND
Irish Central
Patrick Counihan @irishcentral June 28,2014
Pope Francis is to meet Irish victims of clerical sexual abuse at the Vatican next week in a significant move.
Campaigner Marie Collins, the first known abuse victim to meet the pontiff, has welcome the news.
She met with the Pope briefly in Rome last month when she attended the first meeting of the Vatican’s new Commission for the Protection of Minors.
One of four women on the commission which meets again next month, Collins has welcomed the Pope’s announcement that he will meet victims from Ireland, America, Britain and Poland.
Collins told the Irish Times that she is ‘hopeful’ and ‘quite positive’ about the commission.
Acknowledging matters are at an early stage, she told the paper: “From what I’ve seen, I think it’s going in the right direction. I do think the people involved are sincere.
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