Although the optics of the exit of the lone survivor
serving as an active member of Pope Francis's anti-sex abuse commission
aren't good, the reality is that naming survivors as members puts them
in an extremely awkward spot, trapped between their loyalties to the
Vatican and to fellow survivors.
In terms of the optics of the situation, there’s just no way in which
the departure of Marie Collins, the only abuse survivor who was also an
active member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors,
looks good for Pope Francis.
