Voice of the Faithful members gather for 2019 Conference
WASHINGTON (DC)
Religion News Service
September 25, 2019
The present crisis in the Catholic Church is drawing together members of the Church reform group Voice of the Faithful in the Boston area for their 2019 Conference: Creating a Just Church. Founded in 2002 during heightened awareness of clergy sexual abuse of minors in the Boston Archdiocese, VOTF seeks a church with greater transparency, accountability, and lay involvement in Church governance.
VOTF’s 2019 Conference: Creating a Just Church takes place Saturday, Oct. 19, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Boston Marriott Newton Hotel, 2345 Commonwealth Ave., Newton, Mass. In addition to featured speakers and a panel discussion addressing how local faith communities are handling Church scandal, attendees will hear results of VOTF’s “2019 Report on Measuring & Ranking Diocesan Online Financial Transparency.” They also will hear from VOTF’s Child Protection Working Group about a vision for a new initiative that could measure the vigilance of dioceses in following child protection guidelines. The initiative would leverage the way VOTF monitors diocesan online financial information and would be similar to that effort.
Religion News Service
September 25, 2019
The present crisis in the Catholic Church is drawing together members of the Church reform group Voice of the Faithful in the Boston area for their 2019 Conference: Creating a Just Church. Founded in 2002 during heightened awareness of clergy sexual abuse of minors in the Boston Archdiocese, VOTF seeks a church with greater transparency, accountability, and lay involvement in Church governance.
VOTF’s 2019 Conference: Creating a Just Church takes place Saturday, Oct. 19, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Boston Marriott Newton Hotel, 2345 Commonwealth Ave., Newton, Mass. In addition to featured speakers and a panel discussion addressing how local faith communities are handling Church scandal, attendees will hear results of VOTF’s “2019 Report on Measuring & Ranking Diocesan Online Financial Transparency.” They also will hear from VOTF’s Child Protection Working Group about a vision for a new initiative that could measure the vigilance of dioceses in following child protection guidelines. The initiative would leverage the way VOTF monitors diocesan online financial information and would be similar to that effort.
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