Pope appoints former child victim to church group on sex abuse


Pope Francis looks on during his Wednesday general audience at Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican March 19, 2014. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Saturday named a woman molested by a priest as a child to be part of a core group to help the Catholic Church fight the clerical sexual abuse of minors that has haunted it for over two decades

The first eight members - four women and four men - hail from eight different countries and include Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley, former Polish Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka and Baroness Sheila Hollins, a British psychiatrist.

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