Pope Francis names O’Malley, woman sex abuse victim to special anti-abuse panel
The indelible seal of the Sacrament of Baptism “reaffirmed” by a female Protestant ministerette.
Cardinal Sean O’Malley was among eight people, including four women, named by the pope to a panel to guide the Vatican’s anti-abuse inquiries.
Pope Francis on Saturday named Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley of Boston and seven other figures with reputations as reformers to guide a new Vatican antiabuse commission, a move intended to demonstrate resolve about confronting the child sexual abuse scandals that have rocked Catholicism.
O’Malley, already the lone American on the pope’s “G8” council of cardinal advisers, is also the lone American among the commission members announced Saturday. O’Malley’s new responsibility is not a full-time position, meaning he will not move to Rome and will continue to serve as the archbishop of Boston.
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