VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has appointed a prominent Chilean survivor of clerical sex abuse to a Vatican commission which focuses on education to prevent abuse in the Roman Catholic Church. Juan Carlos Cruz, an international advocate for abuse victims, was abused as a teenager in his native Chile by a notorious paedophile, Father Fernando Karadima. "I am very grateful to Pope Francis for trusting me with this appointment... Francis later that year received Cruz and other victims of Karadima in the Vatican and demanded the resignation of all of Chile's bishops. The pope and Cruz, who now lives in the United States, have since had regular contacts to discuss sexual abuse in the Church.

Source: The Star March 24, 2021 16:13 UTC