Crux spoke with Collins in Dublin, ahead of the World Meeting of Families, where she will be on a panel on safeguarding children that should have been moderated by American Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston, but last week he pulled out to address allegations of abuse in his own diocesan seminary.
“I do feel that as a country that has been devastated over the last 20 years by revelations about clerical sexual abuse, it’s extremely important that when he comes here, of all places, he doesn’t ignore the issue,” Collins told Crux on Sunday.
The pope’s motive for coming to Ireland is the World Meeting of Families, and Collins argues that nowhere does this crisis hit as close to home as in families.
“It would be appropriate that while he’s here talking to families from all parts of the world, he addressed the issue,” she said, adding that she doesn’t want “a lot more apologies,” but to know what Francis “is going to do and how soon he’s going to do it.”
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Yes. All the panel members were informed as soon as he knew he wasn’t coming, and then the statement came out.
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You’re going to be on a panel on Friday on safeguarding children that was supposed to be moderated by Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston, head of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, who announced last week he won’t be coming. Did he let you know in advance he was pulling out?
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Have you been told who will be his replacement?
There will be no replacement. It will be a purely lay panel, and Baroness Sheila Hollins will be moderating. That’s OK, because she was one of the speakers, along with Barbara Thorpe, Gaby Di-Liacco and myself.
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