Pope Francis will ask missionaries working in settings of historical sexual abuse to engage with victims.
The Pontiff met with eight sexual abuse survivors at the Vatican on Monday, 13 of June.
After the meeting, he says he will ask those at the St Peter Claver College in west Yorkshire in the 1960s and 70s to join with the group.
One of the victims, Mark Murray, endured repeated abuse from the age of 13, whilst at the seminary.
The 66 year-old, who had previously told BBC News that he "just wanted the Pope to listen", said the meeting was "healing and transformative."
"He was extremely attentive to what we were saying.
"I come away with hope; hope that things can carry on changing in the church and that safeguarding can carry on changing."
He, and 10 other victims that were sexually abused whilst training to be priests, also received an apology from the Bishop of Leeds.
The papal meeting was also attended by Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales.
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