ROME
National Catholic Reporter
Joshua J. McElwee | Apr. 10, 2015
ROME Members of the Vatican commission advising Pope Francis on clergy sexual abuse are making an unscheduled visit to Rome on Sunday, hoping to personally tell the pope their concerns about his appointment of a Chilean bishop accused of covering up abuse.
Two members of the commission who are survivors of abuse will make the trip with two other survivors and are scheduled to meet Sunday evening with Boston’s Cardinal Sean O’Malley, head of the Vatican commission and also a member of Francis’ Council of Cardinals.
Speaking exclusively to NCR on Friday evening, commission member Peter Saunders said he and the rest of the group will meet with O’Malley for a meal at the Vatican hotel where Francis lives and hope to encounter the pope there.
The members, Saunders said, are making the trip “to have a very, very urgent and important discussion with Cardinal O’Malley.”
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