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."