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  • Voice of the Faithful National Statement — Reform Movement Says Voices Heard with Rigali Resignation

    NEWTON, Mass., July 20, 2011 — Cardinal Justin Rigali’s resignation as archbishop of Philadelphia shows clearly that the Vatican is beginning to hear faithful Catholic voices, according to reform group Voice of the Faithful. Pope Benedict XVI accepted Rigali’s resignation letter yesterday, July 19, submitted as required last year when he turned 75, several months […]

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  • News Release – More Catholic Clergy Sex Crimes & Cover-ups Detailed in Ireland Cloyne Report

    NEWTON, Mass., July 13, 2011 – Clearly Catholic bishops still do not understand how their actions put children at risk, said Dan Bartley, president of the worldwide Catholic Church reform group Voice of the Faithful, as Ireland’s government today released the Cloyne Report on Catholic clergy sexual abuse. The report details Cloyne diocesan clergy sexual […]

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  • News Release — U.S. Bishops Must Hold Each Other Accountable, Roman Catholic Reform Group Says

    NEWTON, Mass., June 29, 2011 – U.S. bishops must finally institute strong measures of fraternal correction when bishops fail to follow their own Charter for the Protection of Children and Young people after clergy are accused of child sexual abuse, according the Roman Catholic Church reform and abuse survivor support group Voice of the Faithful. […]

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  • News Release — U.S. Bishops Meeting in Seattle Fail to Address Fundamental Flaws in Charter to Protect Children

    NEWTON, Mass., June 17, 2011 – United States bishops failed to address fundamental flaws in their Charter to Protect Children and Young People during their spring meeting in Seattle, Wash., earlier this week, according to Dan Bartley, president of Voice of the Faithful, the worldwide Catholic Church reform organization. The bishops did not address the […]

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  • Fund Benefiting Women in the Catholic Church Awards $10,000 to Wisconsin Woman Fired as Pastoral Associate

    NEWTON, Mass., May 12, 2011 – A Wisconsin woman fired for no apparent cause from her parish position has been awarded $10,000 in the third round of grants from the Voice of the Faithful’s Emily & Rosemary Fund for Women in the Church. These grants support women who have lost employment in the Catholic Church […]

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  • Callard Named Voice of the Faithful Development Coordinator

    NEWTON, Mass., May 6, 2011 – Sara Callard of Quincy has been named development coordinator for Voice of the Faithful, the 35,000-strong worldwide organization of Roman Catholics working to support survivors of clergy sexual abuse, support priests of integrity and reform governance and guidance of the Church to include a greater voice for non-ordained faithful. […]

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  • Faithful Revolution: How Voice of the Faithful Is Changing the Church

    This new book by Tricia Colleen Bruce, an assistant professor of sociology at Maryville College in Tennessee, resulted from three years of research with Voice of the Faithful members across the country during VOTF’s early years. Prof. Bruce presented her work to VOTF Winchester, Massachusetts, on April 25, and talked to VOTF New York City […]

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  • National Statement — Catholic League Misses the Point in Philadelphia

    NEWTON, Mass., Apr. 27, 2011 – On most occasions the Catholic reform organization Voice of the Faithful does not respond to misrepresentations about its mission, goals and actions. However, when such distortions potentially could endanger innocent children, we have a moral obligation to speak out. Recently, the Catholic League sent a letter to all priests […]

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  • National Statement – Voice of the Faithful Finds Vatican’s Rigali Appointment Disgraceful

    NEWTON, Mass., April 211, 2011 – Voice of the Faithful, the worldwide organization working for Roman Catholic Church reform, views as disgraceful the Vatican’s recent appointment of Cardinal Justin Rigali, archbishop of Philadelphia, as special envoy to the bicentennial celebration of the birth of St. John Nepomuceno Neumann taking place in Prachatitz, Czech Republic, on […]

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  • News Release – Philadelphia Scandal Shows Bishop’s Child Protection Charter Lacks Teeth

    Voice of the Faithful says USCCB Dallas Charter must change; makes specific recommendations NEWTON, Mass., Apr. 15, 2011 – In light of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s expanding clergy child sexual abuse scandal, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops must significantly improve the effectiveness of its Charter for the Protection of Children & Young People, […]

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