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Abuse survivors Marie Collins (L) and Bernadette Fahy with Pope Francis in Dublin last August

Vatican: Abuse meeting to make bishops 'aware of rules'

Next month's unprecedented Vatican summit on the protection of children should give all bishops concrete guidelines for preventing and reporting abuse, the Catholic Church's chief spokesman has said.

World • 16 Jan 19

Marie Collins said the Pope emphasised that he was already holding bishops accountable

Call for bishops to agree zero tolerance on abuse

Pope Francis' former adviser, Marie Collins, has called on the Pontiff to use next month's Vatican child protection summit to seek agreement for zero tolerance and full transparency on clerical sex abuse throughout the church.

Ireland • 14 Jan 19

Marie Collins said the lack of cooperation has been 'shameful'

Irish abuse survivor resigns from Vatican panel

Abuse survivor Marie Collins has resigned from a panel established by Pope Francis to address clerical sexual abuse, accusing senior Vatican officials of "shameful" resistance to its work.

News • 01 Mar 17

On 3 March, a Day of Prayer for the survivors and victims of clerical sexual abuse will be held

Day of Prayer for clerical abuse survivors planned

In a radical policy shift, the Catholic bishops in Ireland are to organise a Day of Prayer for the survivors and victims of clerical sexual abuse on the first Friday of Lent next year.

News • 06 Oct 16

Child abuse survivor Marie Collins is the only survivor-member of the Commission for the Protection of Minors

Child abuse survivor criticises bishops' lecture

The prominent child abuse survivor Marie Collins has said senior Vatican bureaucrats frustrated Pope Francis' plans to have his Commission for the Protection of Minors train bishops in child protection.

News • 12 Feb 16

Marie Collins said she was sickened by the revelation from Chile

Survivor blocked from child protection commission

Documents published in Chile show that two of the country's most senior churchmen succeeded in blocking one of their country's best known survivors of clerical abuse from being nominated to the Pope's child protection commission.

News • 13 Sep 15