Pope's record on abuse accountability

An article by Marie Collins, a former member of the pope's sex abuse commission, on the lack of a universal policy to hold bishops accountable for covering up abuse ... Exclusive: Marie Collins responds to Francis, seeking transparency in bishop accountability process

For those who are now supporting Pope Francis against the allegations that he himself covered up sex abuse, it's important to remember what a botch he made of his sex abuse commission and his supposed mission of holding bishops accountable for covering up abuse. Let us revisit some of the high points, and please note that these articles are from liberal sources, not conservative sites conspiring to doom the "reformer" pope ....

- March 25, 2014, Pope's new abuse commission is another promise waiting to be broken by Fr. Thomas Doyle at NCR

- July 7, 2014, Irish abuse victim tells Pope she wants Cardinal Brady removed [Pope refuses], The Irish Times

- March 26, 2015, Pope faces protests by sex abuse board against bishop’s appointment [Barros in Chile], The Guardian

- September 20, 2015, Pope Francis has done nothing to prevent sex abuse, The Boston Globe

- February 4, 2016, Vatican panel kicks off meeting on sexual abuse by watching 'Spotlight' [Pope wouldn't attend], The LA Times

- February 6, 2016, British victim [Peter Saunders] dismissed from Vatican inquiry into clerical sex abuse, The Guardian

- February 11, 2016, New Catholic Bishops Told They Don’t Have to Report Sexual Abuse to Police, Newsweek

- February 11, 2016, Tracing the Bishops’ Culpability in the Child Abuse Scandal, The New York Times

- March 1, 2017, Abuse survivor [Marie Collins] quits pope's commission citing 'shameful' resistance, Reuters

To ignore all this, and this is only reporting on the stuff that became public, is just weird.