Abuse victims hold briefing in Dublin ahead of Pope visit
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Channel: The Sun · 2018 · News & Politics
Abuse victims from around the world and members of the Ending Clergy Abuse network hold a news conference after participating in a session on child safeguarding held at the Catholic World Meeting of Families in the Irish capital earlier in the day. SPEAKERS: Peter Saunders of the U.K., survivor of clergy sex abuse, active member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors from 2014 to 2016. Rev. Thomas P. Doyle of the U.S, Dominican priest and canon lawyer, renowned whistleblower who warned U.S. bishops in 1985. Mark Vincent Healy of Dublin, survivor of sexual abuse by two Irish priests, one of the first survivors to meet with Pope Francis. Lieve Halsberghe of Belgium, leading activist and researcher whose work has brought several abusers to justice. Matthias Katsch of Germany, a clergy sex abuse survivor, spokesperson for ECKIGER TISCH (Squared Table) and Member of the German Council of Survivors. Peter Isely of the U.S., clergy sex abuse survivor, founding member and former Midwest director (1992-2017) of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP).
