UNITED KINGDOM
The Tablet
30 July 2015 by Joanna Moorhead
A panel of survivors of clerical abuse is to be set up to help put the voice of the victims at the heart of the work of the National Catholic Safeguarding Commission (NCSC).
The creation of the new panel was described this week by the commission’s acting chairman Christopher Pearson as an important new development. “It will significantly inform and influence the work of the NCSC and help improve the Church’s pastoral support for those hurt by abuse,” he said.
The panel will have an independently-appointed chairperson and those hurt by abuse will make up the majority of the membership.
“It will be a real partnership between the commission and survivors,” he added.
In its annual report published this week, the NCSC said the membership of the panel would include individuals with direct personal experience of abuse by Catholic clergy or Religious, as well as a parent of an abused child.
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