Points for reflection – Vatican summit
The discussion points given to the participants by the Pope at the start of the Vatican meeting of Catholic Church leadership 21st – 24th February 2019 They were written by various episcopal conferences and Commissions
1. To prepare a practical handbook indicating the steps to be taken by authorities at key moments when a case emerges.
2. To equip oneself with listening structures that include trained and expert people who can initially discern the cases of the alleged victims.
3. Establish the criteria for the direct involvement of the Bishop or of the Religious Superior.
4. Implement shared procedures for the examination of the charges, the protection of the victims and the right of defense of the accused.
5. Inform the civil authorities and the higher ecclesiastical authorities in compliance with civil and canonical norms.
6. Make a periodic review of protocols and norms to safeguard a protected environment for minors in all pastoral structures: protocols and norms based on the integrated principles of justice and charity so that the action of the Church in this matter is in conformity with her mission.
7. Establish specific protocols for handling accusations against Bishops.
8. Accompany, protect and treat victims, offering them all the necessary support for a complete recovery.
9. Increase awareness of the causes and consequences of sexual abuse through ongoing formation initiatives of Bishops, Religious Superiors, clerics and pastoral workers.
10. Prepare pathways of pastoral care for communities injured by abuses and penitential and recovery routes for the perpetrators.
11. To consolidate the collaboration with all people of good will and with the operators of mass media in order to recognize and discern real cases from false ones and accusations of slander, avoiding rancor and insinuations, rumors and defamation (cf. Pope Francis’ address to the Roman Curia, 21 December 2018).
12. To raise the minimum age for marriage to sixteen years.
13. Establish provisions that regulate and facilitate the participation of lay experts in investigations and in the different degrees of judgment of canonical processes concerning sexual and / or power abuse.
14. The right to defense: the principle of natural and canon law of presumption of innocence must also be safeguarded until the guilt of the accused is proven. Therefore, it is necessary to prevent the lists of the accused being published, even by the dioceses, before the preliminary investigation and the definitive condemnation.
15. Observe the traditional principle of proportionality of punishment with respect to the crime committed. To decide that priests and bishops guilty of sexual abuse of minors leave the public ministry.
16. Introduce rules concerning seminarians and candidates for the priesthood or religious life. Be sure that there are programs of initial and ongoing formation to help them develop their human, spiritual and psychosexual maturity, as well as their interpersonal relationships and their behavior.
17. Be sure to have psychological evaluations by qualified and accredited experts for candidates for the priesthood and consecrated life.
18. Establish norms governing the transfer of a seminarian or religious aspirant from one seminary to another; as well as a priest or religious from one diocese or congregation to another.
19. Formulate mandatory codes of conduct for all clerics, religious, service personnel and volunteers to outline appropriate boundaries in personal relationships. Be specific about the necessary requirements for staff and volunteers and check their criminal record.
20. Explain all information and data on the dangers of abuse and its effects, how to recognize signs of abuse and how to report suspected sexual abuse. All this must take place in collaboration with parents, teachers, professionals and civil authorities.
21. Where it has not yet been in place, establish a group easily accessible for victims who want to report any crimes. Such an organization should have a certain autonomy with respect to the local ecclesiastical authority and include expert persons (clerics and laity) who know how to express the Church's attention to those who have been offended by improper attitudes on the part of clerics.
The discussion points given to the participants by the Pope at the start of the Vatican meeting of Catholic Church leadership 21st – 24th February 2019 They were written by various episcopal conferences and Commissions
1. To prepare a practical handbook indicating the steps to be taken by authorities at key moments when a case emerges.
2. To equip oneself with listening structures that include trained and expert people who can initially discern the cases of the alleged victims.
3. Establish the criteria for the direct involvement of the Bishop or of the Religious Superior.
4. Implement shared procedures for the examination of the charges, the protection of the victims and the right of defense of the accused.
5. Inform the civil authorities and the higher ecclesiastical authorities in compliance with civil and canonical norms.
6. Make a periodic review of protocols and norms to safeguard a protected environment for minors in all pastoral structures: protocols and norms based on the integrated principles of justice and charity so that the action of the Church in this matter is in conformity with her mission.
7. Establish specific protocols for handling accusations against Bishops.
8. Accompany, protect and treat victims, offering them all the necessary support for a complete recovery.
9. Increase awareness of the causes and consequences of sexual abuse through ongoing formation initiatives of Bishops, Religious Superiors, clerics and pastoral workers.
10. Prepare pathways of pastoral care for communities injured by abuses and penitential and recovery routes for the perpetrators.
11. To consolidate the collaboration with all people of good will and with the operators of mass media in order to recognize and discern real cases from false ones and accusations of slander, avoiding rancor and insinuations, rumors and defamation (cf. Pope Francis’ address to the Roman Curia, 21 December 2018).
12. To raise the minimum age for marriage to sixteen years.
13. Establish provisions that regulate and facilitate the participation of lay experts in investigations and in the different degrees of judgment of canonical processes concerning sexual and / or power abuse.
14. The right to defense: the principle of natural and canon law of presumption of innocence must also be safeguarded until the guilt of the accused is proven. Therefore, it is necessary to prevent the lists of the accused being published, even by the dioceses, before the preliminary investigation and the definitive condemnation.
15. Observe the traditional principle of proportionality of punishment with respect to the crime committed. To decide that priests and bishops guilty of sexual abuse of minors leave the public ministry.
16. Introduce rules concerning seminarians and candidates for the priesthood or religious life. Be sure that there are programs of initial and ongoing formation to help them develop their human, spiritual and psychosexual maturity, as well as their interpersonal relationships and their behavior.
17. Be sure to have psychological evaluations by qualified and accredited experts for candidates for the priesthood and consecrated life.
18. Establish norms governing the transfer of a seminarian or religious aspirant from one seminary to another; as well as a priest or religious from one diocese or congregation to another.
19. Formulate mandatory codes of conduct for all clerics, religious, service personnel and volunteers to outline appropriate boundaries in personal relationships. Be specific about the necessary requirements for staff and volunteers and check their criminal record.
20. Explain all information and data on the dangers of abuse and its effects, how to recognize signs of abuse and how to report suspected sexual abuse. All this must take place in collaboration with parents, teachers, professionals and civil authorities.
21. Where it has not yet been in place, establish a group easily accessible for victims who want to report any crimes. Such an organization should have a certain autonomy with respect to the local ecclesiastical authority and include expert persons (clerics and laity) who know how to express the Church's attention to those who have been offended by improper attitudes on the part of clerics.
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7th March 2017
Today in the publication “Vatican Insider” in an article headed “Marie’s gesture Muller’s answer” one short paragraph revealed more than maybe the writer intended of an attitude to victims held among, as he says “curia and clergy”.
Quote: “It should not be forgotten the last two Popes’ personal testimony, who repeatedly and courageously – even at the cost of creating discontent among the curia and clergy – have met victims. Benedict and Francis have met them, have listened to them and have wept with them” [emphasis mine]
Seeing this written by someone close to those in the Vatican will shock some but not I think victims and survivors who are well aware of such attitudes. When will they change?
Today in the publication “Vatican Insider” in an article headed “Marie’s gesture Muller’s answer” one short paragraph revealed more than maybe the writer intended of an attitude to victims held among, as he says “curia and clergy”.
Quote: “It should not be forgotten the last two Popes’ personal testimony, who repeatedly and courageously – even at the cost of creating discontent among the curia and clergy – have met victims. Benedict and Francis have met them, have listened to them and have wept with them” [emphasis mine]
Seeing this written by someone close to those in the Vatican will shock some but not I think victims and survivors who are well aware of such attitudes. When will they change?
6th March 2017
RESPONSE TO JOHN ALLEN ARTICLE IN CRUX 1st March “Why survivor’s exit from papal panel may be a blessing in disguise”
Firstly I want to thank Crux for offering me the right of reply to the article “Why survivor’s exit from papal panel may be a blessing in disguise” [1st March]. Although in the article I am combined with Mr. Peter Saunders I am here speaking only for myself.
I was quite disturbed reading this article as in many cases Mr Allen purports to know my feelings and how I was thinking in certain situations. I found this not only to be inaccurate but also patronising.
The statement that my resignation was “inevitable” is certainly not true. There was no “inevitability” of my leaving unless Mr Allen knew in advance that there were men in the Curia who would be obstructing the Commission and I would refuse to cover it up! I accepted my appointment to the Pontifical Commission with every intention of remaining for my full term.
The article seems to infer that because I was sexually abuse by a priest in childhood I am incapable of independent though or action. That I must always be looking over my shoulder concerned how my words or actions might be seen by survivors outside the Commission. It also stated that I was put in a “politically untenable spot”. If Mr. Allen knew me and my record in working for child protection over twenty years he would know I have always kept completely clear of “politics”, both Church and Survivor politics. I have concerned myself solely with bringing better understanding of the effects of abuse on a victim’s life and better protection of the vulnerably. I have always followed my own conscience and not seen myself as a representative of any group. This at times has angered
some survivors but that has never swayed me from my determination to be independent.
Mr Allen states that my selection for appointment to the Commission was largely in order that “credibility in the survivor community would translate to the papal commission” If this is true (I do not know who are the sources for this) it would indicate enormous deceit in those who spoke to me on behalf of the pope before I accepted my appointment.
I was clear then I had no intention of being a “token” survivor there to add “credibility”. I was assured strongly this was not the case. I was being asked in order to bring my personal understanding of abuse as a survivor into the Commission as this perspective was of vital importance to the work. I had been chosen specifically because of my experience of working on safeguarding policy development, having been involved in the setting up of a diocesan child protection office, my involvement in educational projects on child protection and the response to my participation in the 2012 Symposium on abuse held in the Gregorian University. Therefore I was qualified to work on policy development, to impart understanding of the survivor experience and had shown in the past my ability to work with the Church. If all this was a lie then shame on those men of the clergy who made these statements to me. It would validate every accusation that the Church only cares for optics not the reality.
At no point during my time with the Commission did Cardinal O’Malley or members of the Commission treat me with anything other than respect as an equal, working for the better protection of children. I certainly never felt my contribution was seen as only as a name on the member list!
Mr Allen states that it was “dicey” at times for me to “figure out how much to say in public”. I can say without hesitation that at no time did I have any difficulty in discerning what I could or could not say in public. I at all times respected the confidentiality rules as per the Statutes of the Commission and would not have accepted my appointment if I had felt I was not capable of so doing.
The statement that survivors” will never be satisfied” in the context of the article infers that I would never be satisfied and that this in some way was the motivation for my resignation. If all diocese in the Church replicated the policies and their implementation in place in some diocese e.g. the Archdiocese of Dublin in Ireland, then we would be in a much better place. What I do say is no one in the Church or the secular world should ever be complacent about the safety of children or vulnerable adults.
Finally Mr. Allen says in regard to survivor input to the Commission in the future, that now I have resigned, “it could actually mean a transition to a more honest, freer, and less personally conflicted way of doing it”. I would assure anyone who is interested that I at all times was honest, free and did not spend my time “personally conflicted”.
The article clearly uses a familiar device - when in difficulties divert attention away from the actual problem. Survivors on the Commission are not the problem – the resistance to change by clerical men in the Curia is the problem!
1st MARCH 2017
STATEMENT ON MY RESIGNATION FROM THE PONTIFICAL COMMISSION FOR THE PROTECTION OF MINORS
I sent my letter of resignation (copied to Cardinal O’Malley), from the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, to Pope Francis on the 9th February 2017 to have effect from 1st March 2017.
Since the beginning of the Commission in March 2014 I have been impressed with the dedication of my colleagues and the genuine wish by Pope Francis for assistance in dealing with the issue of clerical sexual abuse. I believe the setting up of the Commission, the bringing in of outside expertise to advise him on what was necessary to make minors safer, was a sincere move.
However, despite the Holy Father approving all the recommendations made to him by the Commission, there have been constant setbacks. This has been directly due to the resistance by some members of the Vatican Curia to the work of the Commission. The lack of co-operation, particularly by the dicastery most closely involved in dealing with cases of abuse, has been shameful.
Late last year a simple recommendation, approved by Pope Francis, went to this dicastery in regard to a small change of procedure in the context of care for victims/survivors. In January I learned the change was refused. At the same time a request for co-operation on a fundamental issue of Commission work in regard to safeguarding was also refused. While I hope the Commission will succeed in overcoming this resistance, for me it is the last straw.
Cardinal Sean O’Malley has invited me to continue to be part of training projects including those for the Curia and new bishops and I am happy to accept. This will be the area on which I will now concentrate.
I wish my colleagues on the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors the very best for the future.
Marie Collins
1st March 2017
I expanded on the above statement in a longer piece on my resignation. This article appeared in the National Catholic Reporter on 1st March 2017 "Survivor explains decision to leave Vatican's abuse commission" also below
The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors has had difficulties to overcome in the three years of its being in place. Obviously I intend to respect the confidentiality of my former colleagues and the work they are doing in the Commission but some of the main stumbling blocks which I can mention were included by members giving testimony to the Royal Commission in Australia last week, these involve: lack of resources, inadequate structures around support staff, slowness of forward movement and cultural resistance. The most significant problem has been the latter, reluctance of some members of the Vatican Curia to implement the recommendations of the Commission despite their approval by the Pope. Ms Kathleen McCormack, the Australian member summed up the struggles and emphasised the need to keep hope “like water on a rock. We've just got to keep at it”.
I have come to the point where I can no longer be sustained by hope. As a survivor I have watched events unfold with dismay. During our first year we had to go forward without an office or staff. Finding a method by which the Commission could enter into dialogue with Vatican dicasteries was difficult for a very prolonged period. This was eventually overcome in 2016 when liaison persons for each Vatican department were appointed to be available to interact with the Commission but there was a long delay in this very important area of communication and co-operation.
The Commission’s recommendation for a Tribunal to be put in place whereby negligent bishops could be held accountable was approved by the Pope and announced in June 2015. Yet is was found by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, as Baroness Sheila Hollins stated to the Royal Commission, to have unspecified “legal” difficulties, and so was never implemented.
Pope Frances in his moto propo “As a Loving Mother” last year followed up with another accountability initiative. This would not only cover negligent bishops but religious superiors. It was to come into effect on 5th September 2016 but it is impossible to know if it has actually begun work or not.
The Safeguarding Guidelines template developed by the Commission, intended to be used by bishops conferences around the world as a basis for drawing up their own policy documents has not yet been disseminated. The dicastery which has the responsibility for reviewing existing bishops’ conference policy documents and which has its own template is refusing to co-operate with the Commission on the combining of the work. In his testimony to the Royal Commission Mr Bill Kilgallon from New Zealand, Chair of the Guidelines working group used the analogy of government to understand how this sort of resistance can come about, he said “how jealously government departments guard their own domain and there can be some push-back about taking advice from others”
The reluctance of some in the Vatican curia to implement recommendations or co-operate with the work of a commission, when the purpose is to improve the safety of children and vulnerable adults around the world is unacceptable. Is this reluctances driven by internal politics, fear of change, clericalism which instils a belief that “they know best” or a closed mind which sees abuse as an inconvenience or a clinging to old institutional attitudes?. I do not know the answer but it is devastating in 2017 to see that these men still can put other concerns before the safety of children and vulnerable adults.
The last straw for me, on top of the refusal to co-operate on the Safeguarding Guidelines, has been the refusal, by this same dicastery, to implement one of the simplest recommendation the Commission has put forward to date. Last year the Holy Father at our request, instructed that all departments in the Vatican ensure correspondence from victims/survivors receive a response. Last month I learned in a letter from this particular dicastery that they are refusing to do so. I find it impossible to listen to public statements about the deep concern in the Church for the care of those whose lives have been blighted by abuse, yet watch as privately a congregation in the Vatican refuses to even acknowledge one of their letters! It is a reflection of how this whole abuse crisis in the Church has been handled: with fine words in public and contrary actions behind closed doors.
When I accepted my appointment to the Commission in 2014 I said publicly that if I found what was happening behind closed doors was in conflict with what was being said to the public I would not remain. This point has come, I feel I have no choice but to resign if I am to retain my integrity.
I know my former colleagues on the Commission will forge on and I hope in time succeed in overcoming the difficulties and bring the real change that is needed. There is still a survivor member in the group though on leave of absence. I do not know if when his term of office ends another survivor will be brought on board. I do hope in whatever way things go forward that a survivor voice will be included.
In the past three years I have never had the opportunity to sit and talk to the Pope but if I had I would ask him three things: 1. Give the Commission an adequate, independent budget to do their work without having each item of expenditure go through the internal Vatican approval process. 2. Give the Commission the responsibility and the power to oversee implementation of the recommendations when they are approved. No matter how much work is put into the recommendations given to the Holy Father and no matter how much he supports them they must be properly implemented to have any effect. 3. Remove the restriction on the recruitment of professional staff from outside the Vatican.
Despite everything I have said I do believe there is value in the Commission continuing its work. The members are sincerely putting every effort into very important projects with the intention of moving things forward. The Pope, despite recent disappointing news on the reduction of sanction on convicted perpetrators, I believe does at heart understand the horror of abuse and the need for those who would hurt minors to be stopped. Although I do not agree with them, as far as I am aware none of his actions have put a perpetrator back into a position where children would be at risk, if they did I would have a very different view. Those who appeal to his commitment to mercy in these cases do a disservice to all, including the man himself, who I feel does not appreciate how his actions of clemency undermines everything else he does in this area including supporting the work of the Commission.
I wish my former colleagues well as they go forward. The issue of improving safety of children and vulnerable adults is so important it has to continue no matter the stumbling blocks in its’ path.
I have come to the point where I can no longer be sustained by hope. As a survivor I have watched events unfold with dismay. During our first year we had to go forward without an office or staff. Finding a method by which the Commission could enter into dialogue with Vatican dicasteries was difficult for a very prolonged period. This was eventually overcome in 2016 when liaison persons for each Vatican department were appointed to be available to interact with the Commission but there was a long delay in this very important area of communication and co-operation.
The Commission’s recommendation for a Tribunal to be put in place whereby negligent bishops could be held accountable was approved by the Pope and announced in June 2015. Yet is was found by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, as Baroness Sheila Hollins stated to the Royal Commission, to have unspecified “legal” difficulties, and so was never implemented.
Pope Frances in his moto propo “As a Loving Mother” last year followed up with another accountability initiative. This would not only cover negligent bishops but religious superiors. It was to come into effect on 5th September 2016 but it is impossible to know if it has actually begun work or not.
The Safeguarding Guidelines template developed by the Commission, intended to be used by bishops conferences around the world as a basis for drawing up their own policy documents has not yet been disseminated. The dicastery which has the responsibility for reviewing existing bishops’ conference policy documents and which has its own template is refusing to co-operate with the Commission on the combining of the work. In his testimony to the Royal Commission Mr Bill Kilgallon from New Zealand, Chair of the Guidelines working group used the analogy of government to understand how this sort of resistance can come about, he said “how jealously government departments guard their own domain and there can be some push-back about taking advice from others”
The reluctance of some in the Vatican curia to implement recommendations or co-operate with the work of a commission, when the purpose is to improve the safety of children and vulnerable adults around the world is unacceptable. Is this reluctances driven by internal politics, fear of change, clericalism which instils a belief that “they know best” or a closed mind which sees abuse as an inconvenience or a clinging to old institutional attitudes?. I do not know the answer but it is devastating in 2017 to see that these men still can put other concerns before the safety of children and vulnerable adults.
The last straw for me, on top of the refusal to co-operate on the Safeguarding Guidelines, has been the refusal, by this same dicastery, to implement one of the simplest recommendation the Commission has put forward to date. Last year the Holy Father at our request, instructed that all departments in the Vatican ensure correspondence from victims/survivors receive a response. Last month I learned in a letter from this particular dicastery that they are refusing to do so. I find it impossible to listen to public statements about the deep concern in the Church for the care of those whose lives have been blighted by abuse, yet watch as privately a congregation in the Vatican refuses to even acknowledge one of their letters! It is a reflection of how this whole abuse crisis in the Church has been handled: with fine words in public and contrary actions behind closed doors.
When I accepted my appointment to the Commission in 2014 I said publicly that if I found what was happening behind closed doors was in conflict with what was being said to the public I would not remain. This point has come, I feel I have no choice but to resign if I am to retain my integrity.
I know my former colleagues on the Commission will forge on and I hope in time succeed in overcoming the difficulties and bring the real change that is needed. There is still a survivor member in the group though on leave of absence. I do not know if when his term of office ends another survivor will be brought on board. I do hope in whatever way things go forward that a survivor voice will be included.
In the past three years I have never had the opportunity to sit and talk to the Pope but if I had I would ask him three things: 1. Give the Commission an adequate, independent budget to do their work without having each item of expenditure go through the internal Vatican approval process. 2. Give the Commission the responsibility and the power to oversee implementation of the recommendations when they are approved. No matter how much work is put into the recommendations given to the Holy Father and no matter how much he supports them they must be properly implemented to have any effect. 3. Remove the restriction on the recruitment of professional staff from outside the Vatican.
Despite everything I have said I do believe there is value in the Commission continuing its work. The members are sincerely putting every effort into very important projects with the intention of moving things forward. The Pope, despite recent disappointing news on the reduction of sanction on convicted perpetrators, I believe does at heart understand the horror of abuse and the need for those who would hurt minors to be stopped. Although I do not agree with them, as far as I am aware none of his actions have put a perpetrator back into a position where children would be at risk, if they did I would have a very different view. Those who appeal to his commitment to mercy in these cases do a disservice to all, including the man himself, who I feel does not appreciate how his actions of clemency undermines everything else he does in this area including supporting the work of the Commission.
I wish my former colleagues well as they go forward. The issue of improving safety of children and vulnerable adults is so important it has to continue no matter the stumbling blocks in its’ path.
1st March 2017 Press Release from the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
On Monday, February 13, 2017, Mrs. Marie Collins, a Member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors [PCPM] advised Cardinal Sean O’Malley, President of the PCPM, of her intent to resign from the Commission effective March 1, 2017.
Mrs. Collins, a Member of the Pontifical Commission since its inception in 2014 is a survivor of clerical abuse, and consistently and tirelessly championed for the voices of the victims/survivors to be heard, and for the healing of victims/survivors to be a priority of the Church. In discussing with the Cardinal, and in her resignation letter to the Holy Father, Mrs. Collins cited her frustration at the lack of cooperation with the Commission by other offices in the Roman Curia.
Mrs. Collins accepted an invitation from Cardinal O’Malley to continue to work with the Commission in an educational role in recognition of her exceptional teaching skills and impact of her testimony as a survivor.
The Holy Father accepted Mrs. Collins resignation with deep appreciation for her work on behalf of the victims/survivors of clergy abuse.
The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors was established by Pope Francis in March of 2014. The Chirograph of His Holiness Pope Francis states specifically, “The Commission’s specific task is to propose to me the most opportune initiatives for protecting minors and vulnerable adults, in order that we may do everything possible to ensure that crimes such as those which have occurred are no longer repeated in the Church. The Commission is to promote local responsibility in the particular Churches, uniting their efforts to those of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, for the protection of all children and vulnerable adults.”
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Statement from PCPM President, Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley, OFM Cap.
“On behalf of the Members of the Commission I have expressed to Marie Collins our most sincere thanks for the extraordinary contributions she has made as a founding member of the Commission. We will certainly listen carefully to all that Marie wishes to share with us about her concerns and we will greatly miss her important contributions as a member of the Commission. As the Commission gathers for the plenary meeting next month we will have an opportunity to discuss these matters. With the members of the Commission I am deeply grateful for Marie’s willingness to continue to work with us in the education of church leaders, including the upcoming programs for new bishops and for the dicasteries of the Holy See. Our prayers will remain with Marie and with all victims and survivors of sexual abuse.”
“On behalf of the Members of the Commission I have expressed to Marie Collins our most sincere thanks for the extraordinary contributions she has made as a founding member of the Commission. We will certainly listen carefully to all that Marie wishes to share with us about her concerns and we will greatly miss her important contributions as a member of the Commission. As the Commission gathers for the plenary meeting next month we will have an opportunity to discuss these matters. With the members of the Commission I am deeply grateful for Marie’s willingness to continue to work with us in the education of church leaders, including the upcoming programs for new bishops and for the dicasteries of the Holy See. Our prayers will remain with Marie and with all victims and survivors of sexual abuse.”