VATICAN CITY
National Catholic Reporter
Carol Glatz Catholic News Service | Sep. 10, 2014
VATICAN CITY
Pope Francis appointed two U.S. priests to top positions at the Vatican for dealing with the sexual abuse of minors.
The pope named U.S. Fr. Robert Oliver to be the new secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, and appointed Jesuit Fr. Robert Geisinger to replace Oliver as the promoter of justice at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith — the Vatican’s chief prosecutor of sex abuse crimes.
The Vatican made the announcement Wednesday.
Oliver fills a new full-time position of secretary for the pontifical commission, which Pope Francis established in December.
A Vatican source told Catholic News Service there would be another announcement “soon” of more new members to be added to the commission, as it aims to expand the number of representatives from around the world, especially from Africa and Asia.
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