Irish abuse survivor resigns from Vatican panel set-up to fight sex abuse

Irish abuse survivor Marie Collins has resigned from a Vatican panel set up to fight sex abuse in the church.

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 who 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 its only Irish representative, but in a strongly worded statement yesterday she said she had tendered her resignation to Pope Francis last month and that her work with the Commission ended officially today.