“Church leaders in Australia took a long time to sit down with victims. Some still don’t.”

Among the main concerns addressed by the commission was outreach out to victims, an issue first raised by Collins shortly after she resigned from her position.

“If the church is not committed to child protection, our efforts at evangelization will be to no effect.”

That the lone survivor of abuse active on the papal commission has resigned is tragic.

Father Zollner, one of the founding members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, speaks about the resignation of Marie Collins and efforts to prevent abuse worldwide.

Collins expressed shock that Mueller considered the tribunal a mere proposal. She questioned if the Vatican already had adequate means to judge negligent bishops.