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Father Hans Zollner, one of the church’s leading protagonists in the fight against clerical sexual abuse, has sought to clarify his reasons for stepping down from a Vatican safeguarding commission after nearly 10 years on the job.
In his first press conference since dramatically resigning from Pope Francis' commission on clergy sexual abuse, church safeguarding expert Jesuit Fr. Hans Zollner said there was a lack of transparency around the group's operations and that "many victims no longer expect anything" from the Catholic Church.
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.
The new center must be "a central focus point of encounters with victims from around the globe," Zollner said. "This is what people are looking for."
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