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Voice
of the Faithful Focus – A brief update
highlighting both a problem in our church and some
progress being made as we work together to Keep the
Faith, Change the Church.
Progress
Happy Anniversary! On Monday, May 14, the Winchester
MA VOTF affiliate will celebrate five years of weekly
meetings. The affiliate is well known for attracting
some of the best known Catholic authors to their podium,
including Kathleen McChesney, Jason Berry, Mary Pat
Fox, David Gibson, John O’Malley S.J., Donald
Cozzens, Svea Fraser, Paul Lakeland, Thomas Groome,
James Carroll, Jane Regan, David Hollanbach S.J., Stephen
Pope, John Baldovin S.J. and many others. They will
present a one woman show on St. Catherine of Siena
by Sr. Nancy Murray O.P. (Bill Murray’s sister)
on June 11 Congratulations to affiliate leader Bob
Morris, the steering committee and all the members
of the Winchester affiliate’s working groups.
Problem
Diocese of Manchester New Hampshire: The State
audits the Diocese on its practices to protect children.
Last Friday the Attorney General for the State of New
Hampshire
released her findings from the second in a series of
four audits of the Diocese. This audit is part of a 2002
plea agreement to avoid criminal charges over the diocese’s
failure to protect children by moving sexually abusive
priests from parish to parish. The Attorney General said
there has been significant progress from last year however
she still has concerns about the reliance on self-reporting
by parishes, schools and camps and the handling of personnel
when allegations are made. Attorney General Kelly also
cited concerns about the “tone at the top." Read
more at the Concord
Monitor Online
and watch news brief at Boston.com.
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