Pope Francis has reconstituted the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, appointing nine new members alongside eight returning ones. In an announcement on 17 February, the Vatican said Cardinal Seán O’Malley would continue as president of the commission which fell in abeyance in December after its mandate expired. Survivors of clerical sex abuse are among the members of the new commission, however the Vatican has decided not to state which ones. “As has always been the Commission’s practice, the PCPM upholds the right of each person to disclose their experiences of abuse publicly or not to do so,” the Vatican said. “The members appointed today have chosen not do so publicly, but solely within the Commission. The PCPM firmly believes that their privacy in this matter is to be respected.”