VATICAN CITY
Washington Post
By Josephine Mckenna | Religion News Service December 17
VATICAN CITY — A British survivor of clerical sexual abuse and a longtime aide to Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley are among nine new members appointed by Pope Francis to the Vatican’s sex abuse commission.
The Vatican on Wednesday (Dec. 17) announced the additions to the commission, which is led by O’Malley. The panel, which now has a total of 17 members, is expected to hold its first full meeting in Rome in early February.
Among the new members is Peter Saunders, who founded the National Association for People Abused in Childhood, a London-based support group.
Saunders was abused by family members and the clergy. He was one of six people who met Francis at the Vatican in July in the pontiff’s first formal encounter with victims.
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