UNITED STATES
Road to Recovery

Road to Recovery, Inc., a non-profit charity that assists victims of sexual abuse and their families, is outraged that one of the two victim/survivors of clergy sexual abuse who serve on the Vatican’s Commission on Sexual Abuse, Peter Saunders of the United Kingdom, has been asked to step aside from the commission for pointing out and criticizing the “snail’s pace” progress of the commission

Road to Recovery, Inc. understands and empathizes with Peter Saunders in his frustration with the Papal Commission’s lack of substantive results and accomplishment since Pope Francis and Cardinal Sean O’Malley have determined for the commission its role, goals, and function; thus, the Papal Commission on Sexual Abuse is not independent

STATEMENT OF ROAD TO RECOVERY, INC.

Road to Recovery, Inc. calls on Pope Francis and Cardinal Sean O’Malley to:

1) Apologize to sexual abuse victim/survivor Peter Saunders for the retaliation…