VATICAN CITY
The Local
AFP
27 March 2017
A panel advising Pope Francis on child protection has called on the Vatican to react “directly and compassionately” to letters from victims of clerical sex abuse, reviving an issue that unleashed a storm just weeks ago.
The Pontifical Commission on the Protection of Minors made the recommendation after a weekend meeting.
It was the panel’s first meeting since Marie Collins, an Irish survivor of abuse, angrily quit after a similar request was turned down.
“The Commission discussed the importance of responding directly and compassionately to victims/survivors when they write to offices of the Holy See,” the panel said in a statement issued on Monday.
“Members agreed that acknowledging correspondence and giving a timely and personal response is one part of furthering transparency and healing.”
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