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  • Voice of the Faithful has published its 2024 diocesan financial and governance transparency reports

    Voice of the Faithful has published its 2024 diocesan financial and governance transparency reports

    BOSTON, Mass., April 30, 2025 ― Voice of the Faithful, a Catholic Lay Apostolate committed to promoting transparency in Church operations, has published its 2024 diocesan financial and governance transparency reports. This is the eighth year VOTF has reviewed all USCCB dioceses for their online financial transparency and its third review of lay involvement in…

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  • Voice of the Faithful publishes 2023 diocesan financial and governance transparency reports

    Voice of the Faithful publishes 2023 diocesan financial and governance transparency reports

    BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 19, 2023 ― Voice of the Faithful, a Catholic Lay Apostolate committed to promoting transparency in Church operations, has published its 2023 diocesan financial and governance transparency reports. This year marks the seventh year VOTF has reviewed all USCCB dioceses for their online financial transparency and the second year VOTF has studied…

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  • Changing of the guard at Voice of the Faithful

    BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 29, 2023―A changing of the guard is occurring at Voice of the Faithful, a Catholic Lay Apostolate committed to raising lay voices in Church governance, as Mary Pat Fox steps down as president and chair of the board of trustees and Bradley A. Pritts steps up. As past president, Mary Pat remains…

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  • Voice of the Faithful joins Ohio survivor support groups in calling for AG investigation into Catholic clergy sexual abuse of minors

    BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 16, 2023―Voice of the Faithful joins its affiliate in Cincinnati and other Ohio groups supporting clergy abuse survivors in calling for the state attorney general to investigate Catholic clergy sexual abuse of minors and its cover up throughout the state. Overwhelming evidence of Church malfeasance in the protection of children shown in…

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  • Illinois AG’s bombshell clergy abuse report not surprising

    Voice of the Faithful Statement, May 24, 2023, contact Nick Ingala, nickingala@votf.org, (781) 559-3360 Boston, Mass., May 24, 2023―Voice of the Faithful cannot pretend to be surprised, even as we are outraged, by the Illinois attorney general’s Catholic clergy abuse report released yesterday, May 23. The report concluded an investigation started in 2018 and found…

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  • Pope’s changes to Synod voting underscore Voice of the Faithful’s mission

    BOSTON, Mass., March 27, 2023―Pope Francis changed the Roman Catholic Church yesterday by giving lay people votes in the Catholic Church Synod of Bishops, which now will be called simply the Synod. “Our excitement at Pope Francis’ inclusion of the laity in such an important way today cannot be overstated,” says Mary Pat Fox, Voice…

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  • Voice of the Faithful sees clergy abuse expert’s resignation as surprising and expected

    Voice of the Faithful Statement, March 30, 2023, contact Nick Ingala, nickingala@votf.org, (781) 559-3360 BOSTON, Mass., March 30, 2023―Clergy sexual abuse in the Catholic Church filled the media yesterday with the news that the Jesuit priest who is a leading expert on safeguarding children from clergy abuse and member of the Pontifical Commission for the…

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  • After six years, VOTF review shows some bishops clearly committed to financial transparency

    BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 30, 2022 ― The 2022 Voice of the Faithful diocesan financial transparency report is the organization’s sixth such annual review, and the report shows some bishops are clearly committed to financial transparency. Others, not so much. This year, the overall average U.S. diocesan transparency score increased from 69% in 2021 to 70%…

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  • Voice of the Faithful commends New York attorney general for Buffalo Diocese oversight

    BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 27, 2022―Voice of the Faithful, which has worked for 20 years to reform Catholic Church governance that causes and abets clergy sexual abuse of minors, commends New York Attorney General Letitia James for forcing government oversight of areas of the Buffalo Diocese’s operations dealing with clergy abuse allegations. On Oct. 25, the…

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  • Voice of the Faithful commemorates 20 years of keeping the faith, changing the Church

    BOSTON, Mass., Sept. 15, 2022―Voice of the Faithful commemorates 20 years of keeping the faith, changing the church on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022, for an event aptly named “VOTF’s 20th Year Commemoration: 20 Years of Keeping the Faith, Changing the Church.” VOTF’s friends and supporters will gather to pray, learn, plan, and socialize as a…

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