The cardinal said the Church had gained a better understanding of the perspective of the victim Cardinal Vincent Nichols has said that the Church’s sex abuse
scandal has taught him the importance of listening to victims, and that
this motivates his work against human trafficking.
Speaking to the Press Association, Cardinal Nichols, the Archbishop of
Westminster, said: “Over the last 15 years in my life, and I think in
the life of the Catholic Church more broadly, there has been real
difficult lessons to learn about understanding victims and opening your
heart to victims, and realising how early experiences and experiences of
total vulnerability can have a lifelong impact on a person.