Sue Archibald

President, The Linkup, Inc. which has established The Farm near Louisville, KY as a healing retreat for clergy abuse survivors.

Jetta Bernier

Executive Director, Massachusetts Citizens for Children, Boston, MA

Jason Berry

Award-winning author of Lead Us Not into Temptation (2000) and co-author of Vows of Silence (2004)

Peter Boree

St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Charlestown, MA (suppressed)

Fr. Ron Bourgault

Reinstated pastor of St. Zepherin Parish, Wayland, MA

David Castaldi

VOTF Trustee, Member, VOTF Structural Change Working Group, Boston, MA

Pam Chapin

Convener of Worship Committee, Sacred Heart Parish, Hopedale, MA

Rev. William A. Clark, S.J.

Theology Professor, College of the Holy Cross and analyst of the declarations of Vatican II as they pertain to the laity.

David Clohessy

National Director, SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests).

Sr. Betsy Conway

Secretary of National VOTF

Jeannie Cratty

A leader in New England SNAP

Cynthia Desroisers

Coordinator, Maine SNAP

William Dittrich

Director, Boston Archdiocese Institute for Ministry, and member, VOTF Structural Change Working Group, Boston, MA

Anne Barrett Doyle

Co-founder, bishop accountability website, Boston, MA

Fr. Tom Doyle

Canon lawyer, and dedicated and selfless advocate of victims abused by Roman Catholic clergy, and himself a career victim of a vindictive bishop.

Jeannine Driscoll

St. Anselm Parish, Sudbury, MA (suppressed)

Patricia Engdahl

Director, Office of Healing and Prevention, Diocese of Worcester, MA

Eileen P. Flynn

Author of thirteen books, including Catholics at a Crossroads: Coverup, Crisis and Cure, and Theology Professor, St. Peter’s College, New Jersey.

E. Richard Fortunato

Director, Parish Information & Communications Center, St. Dominic, Southington, CT

David France

Author of Our Fathers, a major chronicle of the complex humanity of priestly abusers and the abused. Writer and former senior editor of Newsweek.

Mary Freeman

Member, VOTF Structural Change Working Group, Boston, MA

Susan Gallagher

Coalition of Catholics and Survivors, Boston, MA

David Gibson

Award-winning religion writer and author of The Coming Catholic Church: How the Faithful are Shaping a New American Catholicism. Also worked for Vatican Radio and produced documentaries for CNN.

Sharon Harrington

St. Albert the Great Parish, Weymouth, MA (suppressed)

Patricia Hayes

Pastoral Associate, Our Lady of Mercy, Putney, VT

John Hynes

Chairman, Boston VOTF Affiliates Council

Deacon Mike Iwanowicz

Our Lady of Sorrows, Sharon, MA

Frank Kartheiser

Member, Pastoral Planning Committee, Worcester, MA Diocese

Kathleen Kautzer

Sociology professor, Regis College, currently studying Catholic reform movements.

Paul Lakeland

Author of The Liberation of the Laity: In Search of an Accountable Church (2003), and a theologian and professor of religious studies at Fairfield University in Connecticut.

Karin Martin

Parish Planning Team, Sacred Heart Parish, Hopedale, MA

Landa Mauriello-Vernon

Coordinator, Connecticut SNAP Regional Office

Terry McKiernan

Co-founder, bishop accountability website, Boston, MA

David O’Brien

Loyola Professor of Roman Catholic Studies at Holy Cross, specializes in the history of American Catholicism and contemporary Catholic social and political thought. He is also a prolific author.

Thomas P. O’Neill, III

Currently CEO of O’Neill and Associates. Member Board of Trustees of Boston College, and CareGroup. Former Lt. Gov. of Massachusetts.

Gaile Pohlhaus

Villanova University professor of theology and of women’s studies, Ccordinator of Annual Theology Institute.

Peter Pollard

Springfield, MA SNAP

Jim Post

President and Co-Founder, Voice of the Faithful. Professor, Boston University School of Management.

Laura Failla Reilly

Director, Counseling and Prevention Services, Diocese of Springfield, MA

Gerald Renner

Retired Hartford Courant writer, Winner of Templeton Prize for religious writing. Co-author of Vows of Silence (2004), former director of Religion News Service.

Deacon Anthony Rizzuto

Director, Office of Child Advocacy, Implementation and Oversight, Archdiocese of Boston.

Phil Saviano

Founded New England chapter of SNAP in 1997, and last year stepped down from his leadership post. He now runs the national organization’s Web site.

Fr. James Scahill

Pastor, St. Michael Church, East Longmeadow, MA. Courageous advocate of justice for victims of clergy sexual abuse.

Fr. Robert Silva

President of the National Federation of Priests’ Councils. A strong advocate for the civil rights of accused priests, and open discussion on priestly celibacy.

Susan Troy

Leader, VOTF Prayerful Voice