Mary McAleese and Marie Collins call on Pope Francis to save Vatican child safeguarding group
VATICAN CITY (VATICAN CITY)
Irish Times [Dublin, Ireland]
May 2, 2023
By Patsy McGarry
Read original articleLetter warns against attempts to discredit group’s founding member Hans Zollner, who has resigned
Former president Mary McAleese and Dublin abuse survivor Marie Collins have written to Pope Francis calling for “an independent, external review” of the Vatican’s Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.
It follows the resignation of Jesuit priest Fr Hans Zollner, a member of the commission since it was set up in 2014.
He said it had yet to take seriously the principles of “transparency, compliance and responsibility” and that there were people in the Catholic Church who, “for personal or emotional reasons, create obstacles” in the fight against child abuse.
In their letter, both women expressed “deep concern” about the resignation from the commission “of its most experienced, globally respected and distinguished founding member Fr Hans Zollner SJ”.
They believed Fr Zollner’s integrity and honesty “to be beyond question. His commitment to child safeguarding within…
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