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DIOCESE/State Watch
Delaware: VOTF Delaware has been making news on the legislative front. Skip
Sullivan of VOTF Coastal Delmarva notes, “The state senator who introduced
the legislation has been working closely with VOTF to ensure passage of this
bill. The second link below will take you to an excellent Op Ed by two VOTF
members.”
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The News Journal - Sex-abuse
victims may get more time to sue
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The News Journal - Allowing
more time for victim
is the key to ending child abuse
New York NY: New York Times coverage on parish closings
in the New York archdiocese
notes help from Boston’s experience:
See
Francis Piderit’s (VOTF NY) report in Commentary.
Davenport IO: A comment in the Des Moines Register from
the Iowa SNAP director noted: “It was recently reported that the Roman
Catholic Diocese of Davenport has extended for another four years its pledge
to local authorities to report
allegations of sexual abuse of minors by clergy.” Iowa does not include
clergy as mandatory reporters. Read
more.
Bridgeport CT: The model priest living the high life finds
many parishioners who value ministry over financial management – or is
it more than sloppy bookkeeping? See the New York Times story “Connecticut
parishioners still admire ousted priest”of Feb. 2.
Also, note Dan Sullivan’s remarks in Commentary – “’Getting
it’ in the Bridgeport CT Diocese”.
Metuchen, NJ: The Metuchen NJ Diocese held its first synod “The
synod filtered feedback from more than 6,000 parishioners, clergy and laity
over
a 22-month span. The final policies won't be announced until Wednesday, as
Bootkoski is still in the promulgating and reviewing the language of each law.
But if there are no changes to the final proposals submitted to the bishop,
those in the diocese can expect some of what was requested, including: More
accountability among priests and pastors, and the sharing of resources — including
pastoral partnership — among parishes." See the New
Brunswick Home News Tribune. The synod’s conclusion is
also covered here.
Los Angeles, CA: From the archdiocese of Los Angeles website “Under
the direction of Bishop Gerald Wilkerson, a Task Force has been hard at work
to assure that our parishes are provided with good leadership by competent
laypersons and Religious who have the charism to serve as Parish Life Directors,
that is, those who are responsible for the welfare of the parish in the absence
of a resident priest pastor.” Read more.
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