Catholic activists set sights on bishops
Quote:"It's time for the laity to call for zero tolerance for the bishops," said Peg Clark, president of Voice of the Faithful Southwest Florida, the local chapter of a national group formed two years...
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The RCC can't admit they have a problem, no way, no how. . .. . . the priest sex abuse scandal wasn't about homosexuality, clericalism or celibacy.It was about a hostile media, rascally victims, the...
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Quote:Q: Why don't you think that some church leaders have really faced this problem? A: ...There's still a defensiveness....There still is a lot of hostility among victims toward the bishops and...
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Quote:Long before there was a sex abuse crisis, there was a spiritual crisis, a moral crisis, a doctrinal crisis, and a crisis of misgovernance in the Catholic Church in the United States. All these...
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Quote:Dear Bishops of the USCCB:Dont you dare talk to us laity until we are able to meet with our friends in our own church property to examine your conduct in our individual dioceses. Do not speak to...
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Quote:DAVID CLOHESSY:Now let me tell you about what I think, and let me take a slightly different direction here: if its not over, how do we know when its over? I certainly dont claim to know that...
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Quote:Roman Catholic lay leaders announced the formation of an organization Monday that would offer professional guidance to America's bishops on how to run the church.On bishop appointments, the...
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Quote:Tom Doyle was a canon lawyer at the Vatican Embassy in Washington, D.C. in 1985 when he co-authored a report to the U.S. bishops that advised them to confront clergy sex abuse in the church....
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Quote:Those directly involved with the sex abuse phenomenon, including victims, their loved ones and supporters, the media and attorneys, have been astonished, disappointed and saddened by the...
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Quote:Now the Church is being needled on the sex-abuse front not just by lawyers but by grassroots lay Catholic groups.Clerical molestation victims first started organizing and collecting data and...
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Quote:n recent months, Catholics have seen the Archbishop of Cincinnati exposed as concealing knowledge of and transferring an abusive priest; the Archbishop of Seattle's dismissal of a lay review...
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Quote:One might then ask why even bother to try to reform it, if we are already doing "our thing?" It is at this point that I think that Catholic liberal-leftists need to gain greater respect and...
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. . . but the one who did not know it, and committed deeds worthy of a flogging, will receive but few From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and to whom they entrusted much, of...
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Quote:Secular culture is therefore now teaching basic Christianity to a 'slow learner' hierarchy - and that is the most profound reason for the rapid secularisation of this island. Twenty years ago...
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Quote:So if the church hierarchy is incapable of self-reform and self-policing, what will help prevent future abuse?The short answer: reduce bishops' opportunity to abuse their power.First, victims...
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Quote:Transparency, or openness, is inseparable from accountability. A truly accountable leader will explain to those he wishes to lead why he has done something, or proposes to do something, they may...
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Quote:Today, as leaders of the local chapter [Voice of the Faithful], the Carbonneaus are vocal critics of the steps taken by the Diocese of Norwich to protect children, calling it window dressing...
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Quote:Nevertheless, we believe it is only a matter of time before a group of Catholics (maybe the members of a parish) claim the standing to bring a class-action lawsuit in a state court on behalf of...
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Quote:In the past two decades California has been extravagantly ill-served by her bishops: a judgment based not merely on debatable religious criteria, but one obvious to any attorney, accountant, or...
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Quote:In one of todays featured workshops, on electing bishops, author Joseph F. OCallaghan is expected to argue that it is imperative in this day and age, when the implicit trust between bishops and...
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