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As the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors meets this week in Rome, critics are raising concerns about the group's leadership and independence, reports Vatican correspondent Christopher White.
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Letter warns against attempts to discredit founding member of Commission for the Protection of Minors
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‘Rome’s serial “mishaps” in this area are neither stupid nor insane. They are about protecting itself’
ROME (CNS) -- The pope's safeguarding commission, preparing to move into a fresco-ceilinged palace in Rome's historic center, must not be merely engaged in 'PR,' but become a refuge for those abused by clergy and silenced by the church, said leading safeguarding expert Jesuit Father Hans Zollner. Speaking to journalists April 17 about his decision to leave the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, Father Zollner expressed his hope that the commission's new home will push the co
Father Hans Zollner clarified that his resignation was not intended to personally attack anyone or impede the work of the commission, which he called “a success in itself and a great idea by Pope Francis.”