Abuse survivor Marie Collins quits Pope’s sex-abuse commission

Clerical abuse survivor and campaigner, Marie Collins, said she resigned from the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors because a group of people in the Vatican had been obstructing its work, including not following recommendations from the Pope.

Ms Collins had been a member of the 15-person commission for the past three years and was its only Irish representative.

But, yesterday, she said she had tendered her resignation to Pope Francis last month.