The battle on the tiny tropical U.S. territory pits the Neocatechumenal Way lay group against critics on a majority Catholic island that was colonized by Spanish missionaries in the 17th century.

“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.