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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
Australian Bishop Calls for Reform of Church
In a recently published book, Confronting Power
and Sex in the Catholic Church, Bishop Geoffrey Robinson
of Sydney, Australia, says that the Catholic Church
is still not serious about confronting sexual abuse,
only in "managing" it. Bishop Robinson,
70, who was abused as a child, headed the Australian
Catholic Bishops Conference professional standards
committee for a decade until he retired in 2004.
A reporter for the Australian newspaper The
Age wrote:
Calling for the most radical changes since Martin
Luther started the 16th century Protestant Reformation,
Bishop Robinson says the Pope has failed the church,
and the church has failed its members.
To
read the entire article click
here.
(The book is currently available only in Australia
but Voice of the Faithful is attempting to secure
copies for its members.) Problem
Is the Sexual Abuse Crisis Over? Three Recent Court
Cases Show Otherwise.
This week’s news revealed three
new stories of sexual abuse of children that occurred
after the Bishops
wrote the Charter for the Protection of Children in Dallas
in 2002.I
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In
Niagara Falls, NY, a teacher in a Catholic school
carried on for two years in spite of numerous complaints.
Read
more.
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A
Naugatuck, CT, priest was recently charged with
giving a 15 year old boy wine and money in exchange
for sexual favors. Read
more.
- In
Chicago, a lawsuit accuses a Jesuit priest with
multiple cases of abuse from 1999 – 2003. Read
more
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