The Vatican's decision to remove Mgr Charles Scicluna from his role
in dealing with the clerical abuse crisis was "beyond understanding",
according to a leading spokeswoman for abuse survivors.
Irish abuse survivor Marie Collins told The Tablet this
week that she found Mgr Scicluna, who had spent the past decade as the
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith's Promoter of Justice, "to be
the one hope for the future".
"How a man with his understanding of the past and determination to
get child protection in the Catholic Church right in the future could be
removed is beyond understanding," she said.
"There were those in the Vatican who opposed his hard line on the
handling of abusive priests. It is so sad to see how their view seems to
have prevailed."