Peter Saunders, Chief Executive of the National Association for People Abused in Childhood (NAPAC) speaks to journalists outside Millbank Tower in central London October 31, 2014. REUTERS/Toby Melville
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A prominent British member of a papal advisory commission on sexual abuse by the clergy who has been outspokenly critical of the Vatican has left the group, the Vatican said on Saturday.
A statement said that at a commission meeting "it was decided" that Peter Saunders would take a leave of absence. Saunders, head of Britain's National Association for People Abused in Childhood, would now "consider how he might best support the commission's work".
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