Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors (Italian: Pontificia Commissione per la Tutela dei Minori) is an institution within the Roman Curia of the Catholic Church instituted by Pope Francis on 22 March 2014 for the safeguarding of minors.[1] It is headed by Boston's Cardinal Archbishop, Sean P. O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap..

Description

The commission has a full-time Secretary at the Vatican, U.S. Father Robert W. Oliver, a New York native and a member of the Brotherhood of Hope, who was appointed by Pope Francis on Wednesday, September 10, 2014. Oliver previously served as Promoter of Justice (chief church prosecutor) at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which prosecutes sex crimes committed by priests and other Church personnel. He also served as a priest consultant to the Archdiocesan Review Board and as an ecclesiastical judge of the Archdiocese of Boston, under Cardinal O'Malley. Oliver was ordained in 2000 for the Boston Archdiocese.[2]

New commission members

On December 2014, Pope Francis added new members, including an abuse survivor and more experts (four more women and four more men, from five continents) to the Pontifical Commission, bringing the total to 17 members, according to a Wednesday, December 17, 2014 online news story article by Carol Glatz of Catholic News Service (CNS). The new members are: abuse survivor Peter Saunders, the chief executive officer of the UK-based National Association for People Abused in Childhood (NAPAC); Krysten Winter-Green; Bill Kilgallon; Precious Blood Sister Hermenegild Makoro; Kathleen McCormack; Religious Sisters of Charity Sister Kayula Lesa; Gabriel Dy-Liacco; Baroness Sheila Hollins and the Reverend Father Luis Manuel Ali Herrera.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Comunicato della Sala Stampa: Istituzione della Pontificia Commissione per la Tutela dei Minori". Holy See Press Office. March 22, 2014. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  2. ↑ http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1403751.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1405248.htm
  4. ↑ Gagliarducci, Andrea (December 18, 2014). "Pope Francis Expands Commission for the Protection of Minors". National Catholic Register. EWTN NEWS. Retrieved May 1, 2015.