Pope appoints former child victim to church group on sex abuse


  • World
  • Sunday, 23 Mar 2014

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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