Press Releases
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Former Trustee Jayne O’Donnell Named VOTF Development Coordinator
NEWTON, Mass., Mar. 21, 2013 – Voice of the Faithful®, a worldwide movement seeking reform of Roman Catholic Church governance, has named Jayne O’Donnell of West Hartford, Conn., as its new development coordinator. A VOTF member since 2002, former trustee and co-chair of VOTF’s 10th Year Conference in 2012, O’Donnell will be coordinating VOTF’s major…
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VOTF National Statement — New Pope, New Church?
BOSTON, Mass., Mar. 13, 2013 – As the smoke clears from the top of the Sistine Chapel, the immense apparatus that is the Roman Catholic Church lurches forward under new leadership. Voice of the Faithful®, as a movement of progressive Catholics, is most interested in where it’s going. “We hope Pope Francis will listen to…
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VOTFBAC Statement: Cardinal O’Malley’s Transparency Efforts Applauded by VOTF’s Boston Council
BOSTON, Mass., Mar. 9, 2013 – Cardinal Sean O’Malley, among cardinals who will elect Benedict XVI’s successor, appears to be following a better path as a diocesan leader, according to the Boston Area Council of Voice of the Faithful®. “We value the contributions he’s made in Rome so far,” said VOTFBAC chair Anne Southwood of…
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VOTF National Statement — Voice of the Faithful Prays for Pope & a Renewed Church as Benedict XVI Steps Down
NEWTON, Mass., Feb. 11, 2013 – Voice of the Faithful® prays for Pope Benedict XVI’s spiritual and physical health as he announces his resignation today, a move the Catholic Church has not seen for 600 years. The worldwide Catholic Church reform movement also prays that the new pope will be willing to listen to and…
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VOTF National Statement — Some Justice in Cardinal Mahony’s Removal from Public Ministry
NEWTON, Mass., Feb. 1, 2013 – Voice of the Faithful® sees some slight, long overdue justice in the recent removal of retired Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony from public ministry for abetting clergy sexual abuse, a first in the decades-long scandal. Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez announced Mahony’s censure in a letter Jan. 31 in…
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VOTF National Statement: Child Sex Abuse Statutes of Limitation Reform Makes Sense on Both Sides of the World
NEWTON, Mass., Nov. 30, 2012 – Two incidents on opposite sides of the world have recently underscored the disparity in views on the reform of child sex abuse statutes of limitation, which Roman Catholic Church reform movement Voice of the Faithful® has long sought as a means for abuse victims to receive justice. In Pennsylvania,…
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VOTF National Statement: Convicted Prelate Apparently Not on Bishops’ Agenda in Baltimore This Week
NEWTON, Mass., Nov. 11, 2012 — Bishop Robert Finn of Missouri stands convicted of covering up for a priest caught with thousands of images involving “child sex” on his computer. That this is a travesty is an understatement. That Bishop Finn has not resigned or been removed or even censured by his brother bishops is…
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Australian Catholic Church & Boy Scouts of America Scandals Show Depth & Breadth of Child Sex Abuse & Cover-Up
NEWTON, Mass., Oct. 19, 2012 – Recent revelations of child sexual abuse and cover-up in the Roman Catholic Church in Australia and the Boy Scouts of America show the depth and breadth of this continuing worldwide perversion and scandal, according the Church reform movement Voice of the Faithful®. “Although our mission drives us to address…
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Naitonal Statement — Philadelphia Story Underscores Voice of the Faithful Calls for Church Financial Transparency
NEWTON, Mass., Oct. 1, 2012 – Recent exposing of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s financial woes (see “Archdiocese of Phila. in serious financial shape – and so are its parishes,” Philadelphia Inquirer, Sept. 30, 2012) underscores the Roman Catholic Church reform movement Voice of the Faithful’s long-time calls for more transparency and accountability in parish and…
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VOTF National Statement — Civil Authorities Hold Bishop Accountable with Finn Conviction; Something Church Unwilling to Do
NEWTON, Mass., Sept. 7, 2012 – Bishop Robert Finn, pastoral leader of the diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo., yesterday became the first bishop, and the highest Roman Catholic Church official, to be convicted in criminal court in America for his role in the Church’s decades-long clergy sexual abuse scandal. Church reform movement Voice of…