The promotion of Monsignor John Kennedy to head of the discipline section of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith was the second abuse-related appointment in recent days.

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.