The prominent child abuse survivor Marie Collins has said senior
Vatican bureaucrats frustrated Pope Francis' plans to have his
Commission for the Protection of Minors train bishops in child
protection.
Ms Collins, who is the only survivor-member of the Commission, revealed the Commission's difficulties following the publication in Rome of instructions to new bishops that they are not obliged to report allegations of clerical child abuse to their local police authorities.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/0212/767633-collins-child-protection/
Ms Collins, who is the only survivor-member of the Commission, revealed the Commission's difficulties following the publication in Rome of instructions to new bishops that they are not obliged to report allegations of clerical child abuse to their local police authorities.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/0212/767633-collins-child-protection/