VATICAN CITY
RTE News
Pope Francis has announced plans for a worldwide day of prayer for the victims of sexual abuse in line with a proposal from his child protection panel.
The panel has also decided to establish a website later this year to help protect children and vulnerable adults from abuse in both the Catholic Church and wider society.
The panel, which includes a leading Irish survivor of clerical child abuse Marie Collins, advises Pope Francis on efforts to combat clerical abuse which has become a major scandal, mostly in developed countries, over the past quarter century.
A spokesperson for the panel said members have addressed church gatherings on all five continents and that the prayer initiative had been proposed by an abuse survivor.
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