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13 April 2017

Letters need humble response, say abuse survivors

In this Feb. 7, 2012 file photo, Marie Collins, right, who was assaulted as a 13-year-old by a hospital chaplain in her native Ireland, attends a press conference at a Vatican-backed symposium on clerical sex abuse, in Rome. Collins quit in frustration her post on a Vatican commission advising Pope Francis about how to fight abuse of minors.
After the controversy following Marie Collins stepping down from the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, other survivors of clergy sex abuse urge the Vatican to acknowledge and answer letters and treat victims with respect.