Advertisement

Victim takes part in Pope's anti-abuse group

A woman molested by a priest as a child was named by Pope Francis to be part of a core group to help the Catholic Church fight the clerical sexual abuse of minors.

Marie Collins is a member of a group fighting clerical sexual abuse of minors Credit: Reuters

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.

The victim is Marie Collins, who was abused in her native Ireland in the 1960s and has campaigned for the protection of children and for justice for victims of clerical paedophilia.