VATICAN CITY
ABC News

By NICOLE WINFIELD, ASSOCIATED PRESS
VATICAN CITY — Oct 12, 2015

Pope Francis’ sex abuse commission has begun an important new phase of its work: Bringing the expertise of its members to the developing world where bishops’ conferences have lagged behind their English-speaking counterparts in crafting guidelines to prevent abuse and care for survivors.

In August, three members of the commission held a three-day workshop with 76 of the 92 Filipino bishops on creating safe environments for children in the Philippines, where 60 percent of Asia’s Catholics live. Next month, the head of the commission, Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston, and two other commission members will host a similar workshop for the Central American bishops’ conference in Costa Rica.

In both cases, the bishops themselves came to the commission and asked for help, commission members said Monday at the end of their three-day plenary…