Pope Francis has revived his lapsed sex abuse advisory commission by naming new members, after coming under fire for his overall handling of the scandal and his support for a Chilean bishop accused by victims of witnessing and ignoring their abuse.
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Saturday's announcement of the new membership of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors came on the same day that a Vatican investigator will take the testimony in New York of one of the main whistleblowers in the Chilean cover-up scandal.
The initial three-year mandate of commission members had lapsed on December 17. Francis named nine new members on Saturday and kept seven from the initial group. A Vatican statement said survivors of abuse are included in the group, but didn't identify them to protect their privacy.
Australian Associated Press
