The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
March 3, 2017

Survivor of Priest Sexual Abuse Quits Vatican Commission
--------------------------------------------------------

At the Vatican, a prominent member of a commission advising Pope Francis
on how to end clerical sexual abuse stepped down this week to protest
what she described as inaction by the church. Marie Collins, an Irish
survivor of childhood sexual assault by a priest, said Wednesday she
could no longer work with the commission because Vatican officials
refused to implement basic protections for children and vulnerable
adults. Collins's resignation came as the Archdiocese of New York
petitioned a court for permission to mortgage $100 million worth of
church property in Manhattan in order to fund compensation for victims
of sexual abuse by priests.


.