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Related: About this forumPope revives lapsed sex abuse commission amid skepticism
Source: Associated Press
Pope revives lapsed sex abuse commission amid skepticism
25 minutes ago
VATICAN CITY (AP) Pope Francis has revived his lapsed sex abuse advisory commission by naming new members, after coming under fire for his overall handling of the scandal and his support for a Chilean bishop accused by victims of witnessing and ignoring their abuse.
Saturdays announcement of the new membership of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors came on the same day that a Vatican investigator will take the testimony in New York of one of the main whistleblowers in the Chilean cover-up scandal.
The initial three-year mandate of commission members had lapsed on Dec. 17. Francis named nine new members Saturday and kept seven from the initial group. A Vatican statement said survivors of abuse are included in the group, but didnt identify them to protect their privacy.
25 minutes ago
VATICAN CITY (AP) Pope Francis has revived his lapsed sex abuse advisory commission by naming new members, after coming under fire for his overall handling of the scandal and his support for a Chilean bishop accused by victims of witnessing and ignoring their abuse.
Saturdays announcement of the new membership of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors came on the same day that a Vatican investigator will take the testimony in New York of one of the main whistleblowers in the Chilean cover-up scandal.
The initial three-year mandate of commission members had lapsed on Dec. 17. Francis named nine new members Saturday and kept seven from the initial group. A Vatican statement said survivors of abuse are included in the group, but didnt identify them to protect their privacy.
https://apnews.com/d775484f272a4030bb94c5e8ddc32376/Pope-revives-lapsed-sex-abuse-commission-amid-skepticism
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Pope revives lapsed sex abuse commission amid skepticism (Original Post)
Eugene
Feb 2018
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Voltaire2
(13,213 posts)1. The last one died when all the advocates
for abuse victims quit.
The RCC and Bergoglios history on managing their abuse problem is appallingly awful.
edhopper
(33,639 posts)2. It's as bad as the GOP
investigating Trump.
Cuthbert Allgood
(4,974 posts)3. The PR Pope strikes again.
I imagine as much will be done differently because of this newly staffed commission as was done with the last one.
How anyone respects this institution and this pope is staggering to me.