Press Releases

  • News Release — New Clergy Sexual Abuse Revelations Prompt VOTF to Reaffirm Its 10 Steps to Resolve Scandal

    NEWTON, Mass., Dec. 21, 2010 – Fresh, seemingly daily, revelations of clergy sexual abuse continue roiling the worldwide Roman Catholic Church and have prompted Voice of the Faithful (https://www.votf.org) to reaffirm its 10-step program to help resolve the scandal and institute church reforms. Two recent revelations in particular demonstrate the scandal’s broad extent and underscore…

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  • News Release — Hundreds of Voice of the Faithful Members Light Virtual Candles

    NEWTON, Mass., Dec. 16, 2010 – Hundreds of Voice of the Faithful members recently posted prayers like these on the lay Roman Catholic reform organization’s website— “Help me look at the world in the light of Your love…” “I pray in thanksgiving for the gifts of a wonderful marriage, creative work, good health and wonderful…

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  • News Release — $10,000 Emily & Rosemary Fund Grants Awarded

    NEWTON, Mass., Dec. 14, 2010 – Two women who reported losing their positions because of discrimination have received the first grants awarded by the Voice of the Faithful’s Emily & Rosemary Fund for Women in the Church. The $10,000 grants were awarded to Carolyn Johnson, Ed.D., of Chestnut Ridge, N.Y., and Karen DeFilippis of Colleyville,…

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  • VOTF BOSTON AREA WELCOMES THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW BISHOPS

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Anne Southwood, chair of BACVOTF, 617-872-5937 or Jessica Lillie Ciccone, National PR Director, 781-559-3360 VOTF BOSTON AREA WELCOMES THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW BISHOPS Boston – June 30, 2010- Voice of the Faithful Boston adds our warmest congratulations to the two new Auxiliary Bishops of the Archdiocese of Boston. “We believe a…

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  • Empowering Women To Find Their Story And Voice In Scripture

    April 20, 2010CONTACT:Bernice Anglin – 973-538-4063 – bebeang52@yahoo.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kathleen MacInnis Kichline Empowering Women To Find Their Story And Voice In Scripture MORRISTOWN, NJ – Kathleen MacInnis Kichline will present a program, Empowering Women to Find Their Story and Voice in Scripture, on Saturday, May 15, 2010 at 10:00 AM at St. Mark…

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  • Press Release – VATICAN RULES FALL SHORT OF REAL REFORM

    NATIONAL STATEMENTContact: Jessica Lillie Ciccone, PR Director, votfpr@votf.org, (781) 559-3360, (314) 749-5188 cell VATICAN REVISION FALLS FAR SHORT OF REAL REFORMJuly 15, 2010-Boston – Voice of the Faithful is disappointed that the Vatican’s first significant revision of church law since the sex abuse crisis began, announced today in Rome, takes only the minimum necessary steps…

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  • Ten Steps Toward Reforming the Catholic Church

    Proposed by Voice of the Faithful The sexual abuse scandal that has swept across the United States, Australia, Ireland, Germany, Belgium and many other countries has finally been recognized by the Vatican as a global crisis—one that has reached the very top of the Catholic Church. It took too long. We cannot wait longer for…

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  • Press Release – VOTF CALL FOR REFORM ENDORSED BY NATION’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD

    U.S. Norms for Catholic Church Should Go Global, says The New York Times Editorial PageVOTF Call for Reform Endorsed by Nation’s Newspaper of Record July 12, 2010 – Boston— The New York Times, in a July 9 editorial, called on the Catholic Church to make the U.S. norms for reporting of accused child molesters the…

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  • Press Release – REPORT HIGHLIGHTS NEED TO END LEGALISTIC STALLING IN VATICAN RESPONSE TO ABUSE CRISIS

    NATIONAL STATEMENTContact: Jessica Lillie Ciccone, PR Director, votfpr@votf.org, (781) 559-3360, (314) 749-5188 cell REPORT HIGHLIGHTS NEED TO END LEGALISTIC STALLING IN VATICAN RESPONSE TO ABUSE CRISIS July 2, 2010-Boston – Voice of the Faithful believes that today’s report on the historical response of Pope Benedict XVI and the institutional Catholic Church to the sex abuse…

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  • Press Release – FINANCE COUNCILS NECESSARY FOR ACCOUNTABILITY

    Contact: Jessica Lillie Ciccone, votfpr@votf.org, (781) 559-3360, (314) 749-5188 cell For Immediate ReleaseFINANCE COUNCILS NECESSARY FOR ACCOUNTABILITYNew Stories of Embezzlement Underscore Need for Parish Finance Councils June 23, 2010-Boston – The latest report about embezzlement of Catholic Church funds comes from Waterbury, Connecticut, where a parish pastor is now being investigated for the embezzlement of…

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