VOTF-Atlanta: Articles & Essays

Articles & Essays

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Read this before reporting abuse to the Church - Monday, September 13, 2004
Please read this material carefully. We recognize and honor the different journeys we all have and hope that it is helpful to you in your process. We also wish you the support necessary to your journey and hope that each day will bring you more healing as you move into wholeness. (read more)

PBS interview with Rev. Thomas Doyle - Thursday, September 09, 2004
6-27-03 Kim Lawton's interview with Rev. Thomas Doyle, priest, canon lawyer, advocate and friend of the survivors of priestly sexual abuse, who in 1985 warned the Catholic hierarchy of the potential scope of the sex abuse scandal: "The wounds of the survivors of priestly sexual abuse are profound".
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WHO WILL PAY FOR ST. GEORGE VILLAGE? - Tuesday, September 07, 2004
ON APRIL 29, 2004, POPE JOHN PAUL II INVITED ARCHBISHOP DONOHUE "TO THE ADOPTION OF A LIFESTYLE WHICH IMITATES THE POVERTY OF CHRIST." ON JUNE 6, 2004, GROUND WAS BROKEN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ST. GEORGE VILLAGE RETIREMENT COMPLEX ('ENTRANCE FEE' STARTING AT $173,000 PER UNIT) WITH FINE DINING ROOM, LOUNGE/CAFE', INDOOR POOL AND SPA - AND APARTMENTS RESERVED FOR ARCHBISHOP DONOGHUE AND TEN DIOCESAN PRIESTS. (read more)

VACANT POSITIONS FILLED IN ATLANTA ARCHDIOCESE - Wednesday, September 01, 2004

"GROUPTHINK" IS A TERM TO DESCRIBE PEOPLE IN A VERY COHESIVE GROUP OFTEN MAKING BAD DECISIONS. TODAY, IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ATLANTA, DECISIONS ARE MADE BY A CLIQUE OF LIKE-MINDED AND PROFESSIONALLY LESS QUALIFIED PEOPLE.

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SEX ABUSE OF MINORS IN ATLANTA - Tuesday, August 31, 2004
8-31-04 Sue Stubbs was recently hired as Director of the Office of Child and Youth Protection for the Archdiocese of Atlanta. We extend our prayers and good wishes for her success. As reported in The Georgia Bulletin, we're sure she is a holy and dedicated person. Based on the report below, she has a monumental task of healing wounds that were not of her doing and accomplishing tasks that should have been started more than two years ago. God bless and keep you, Sue. (read more)

NO 'SAFE ENV IRONMENT' PROGRAM IN ATLANTA - Tuesday, August 31, 2004
MAY 2004 - AS A LAY MINISTER IN A PARISH IN THE ATLANTA ARCHDIOCESE, I CAN SAY THAT THERE IS LESS GUIDANCE NOW THAN BEFORE THE SEX ABUSE SCANDAL BLEW UP IN 2002. (read more)

AGE OF THE LAITY? NOT IN ATLANTA - Tuesday, August 31, 2004

80% OF PARISH MINISTERS ARE LAITY, AND 80% OF THESE MINISTERS ARE WOMEN. IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ATLANTA, WE APPEAR TO BE UNAWARE OF THESE STATISTICS BASED ON THE DISPARITY BETWEEN THE BUDGETS FOR THE OFFICE OF VOCATIONS AND THE OFFICE OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND FAITH FORMATION.

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What Jay Study Means - Tuesday, August 24, 2004
On February 27, 2004, American Catholics learned the terrible truth: The sexual abuse of children by clergy was not an isolated problem, but a systemic problem. (read more)

A Victim's Plea - Tuesday, August 24, 2004
The New Hampshire Diocese’s recent dismissal of the concerns of 1,100 Catholics who have demanded the removal of New Hampshire bishops has a familiar ring to survivors of clergy sexual abuse. But the silence of the remaining 324,000 Catholics in this state gives the diocese solid footing for its rebuke. (read more)

The Campaign Against VOTF - Tuesday, August 24, 2004

Not even people adept at de-ciphering riddles can easily figure out how any bishop can justify banning members of the lay group, Voice of the Faithful (VOTF), from using church property for holding their occasional meetings --- property that was bought and paid for by the laity's own money.

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