Editor’s Note: Marie Collins of Ireland was appointed in 2014 as one of two survivors of clergy sex abuse to serve on Pope Francis’ Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. She resigned from that position Wednesday, March 1. She wrote the following statement for NCR about her decision.
The last straw for me, on top of the refusal to cooperate on the Safeguarding Guidelines, has been the refusal, by the same dicastery, to implement one of the simplest recommendations the Commission has put forward to date.
How sad that there are some within the walls of the Vatican that are refusing to all that they can for victims, abusers, and future children.Last year at our request, the pope instructed all departments in the Vatican to ensure all correspondence from victims/survivors receives a response. I learned in a letter from this particular dicastery last month that they are refusing to do so.
I’m not usually in the habit of shooting the messenger, but from the link, it is, after all, the National “Catholic” Reporter.How sad that there are some within the walls of the Vatican that are refusing to all that they can for victims, abusers, and future children.
ncronline.org/news/people/exclusive-survivor-explains-decision-leave-vaticans-abuse-commission
en.radiovaticana.va/news/2017/03/01/marie_collins_resigns_commission_for_protection_of_minors/1295762I’m not usually in the habit of shooting the messenger, but from the link, it is, after all, the National “Catholic” Reporter.
It could well be true, but I wouldn’t take them at their word for anything. It will have to be backed up by something more reputable, like the “Good NCR”, the National Catholic Register.