UNITED KINGDOM
Catholic Herald
by Madeleine Teahan
posted Wednesday, 29 Mar 2017
Peter Saunders told the Catholic Herald that he will never stay quiet about the issue of child protection
Abuse survivor Peter Saunders has confirmed that he is unlikely ever to return to the Vatican’s abuse commission.
Saunders, who was placed on indefinite leave from the commission last year, said that he was disappointed that Pope Francis had “never once visited” the commission.
On Monday Cardinal Sean O’Malley, head of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, told Crux that Saunders would probably never return to the commission.
In response, Saunders, founder of NAPAC (National Association of People Abused in Childhood), told the Catholic Herald: “When I spoke to Cardinal O’Malley a few weeks ago I said if there was anything I can do to help – I am here. I have apologised for whatever crimes I am deemed to have committed leading to my exclusion, but on the matter of child protection it is not a matter I will ever stay quiet about and I remain saddened that the Pope has never once visited his commission.”
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