Diocese scores low on openness
BROWNSVILLE (TX)
The Brownsville Herald
December 9, 2017
By Steve Clark
New website in development
[Read VOTF's full report, Measuring and Ranking Diocesan Online Financial Transparency, and read VOTF's press release summarizing the results.]
The Catholic Diocese of Brownsville was among the lowest scoring U.S. dioceses in terms of online financial transparency, according to a study released Nov. 7 by Voice of the Faithful, a nonprofit group originally formed to support survivors of clergy sexual abuse but which also advocates for “accountability and transparency” in how the church handles its financial resources.
However, a spokeswoman for the diocese said an initiative was already underway to make more financial information available online.
The Brownsville diocese scored 10 out of 60 possible points in the study conducted by the VOTF Finance Working Group, which surveyed all 177 U.S. diocese websites and found “a level of openness well below what could be reasonably expected of an organization anywhere near the size of the U.S. Catholic Church.”
The Brownsville Herald
December 9, 2017
By Steve Clark
New website in development
[Read VOTF's full report, Measuring and Ranking Diocesan Online Financial Transparency, and read VOTF's press release summarizing the results.]
The Catholic Diocese of Brownsville was among the lowest scoring U.S. dioceses in terms of online financial transparency, according to a study released Nov. 7 by Voice of the Faithful, a nonprofit group originally formed to support survivors of clergy sexual abuse but which also advocates for “accountability and transparency” in how the church handles its financial resources.
However, a spokeswoman for the diocese said an initiative was already underway to make more financial information available online.
The Brownsville diocese scored 10 out of 60 possible points in the study conducted by the VOTF Finance Working Group, which surveyed all 177 U.S. diocese websites and found “a level of openness well below what could be reasonably expected of an organization anywhere near the size of the U.S. Catholic Church.”
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