Vatican child protection leader: ‘Building credibility needs a track record’

Fr. Andrew Small, secretary of the Vatican's child protection committee, talks about sexual abuse and Church reform.

Fr. Andrew Small was appointed in June to one of the most important positions in the Catholic Church’s fight against abuse.

The English priest was named secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors pro tempore (“for the time being”) at a significant moment of transition for the body founded by Pope Francis in 2014.

The decree establ…