Sex-Abuse Survivor Takes Leave of Absence From Vatican Panel

Pope Francis’ sex abuse advisory committee voted Saturday to sideline one of its members, a high-profile abuse survivor who had clashed with the commission over its mission.

Pope Francis is silhouetted as he leaves at the end of his meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on November 20, 2015 at the Vatican. / AFP / POOL / ALESSANDRA TARANTINO Photo credit should read ALESSANDRA TARANTINO/AFP/Getty Images

VATICAN CITY—Pope Francis’ sex abuse advisory committee voted Saturday to sideline one of its members, a high-profile abuse survivor who had clashed with the commission over its mission.

Peter Saunders, a British advocate for survivors, at an interview with AP in Rome on Feb. 6, 2016. AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia