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Press Release For Immediate releaseVOTF STATEMENT ON US SUPREME COURT DECISIONJune 29, 2010
NATIONAL STATEMENT VOTF APPLAUDS SUPREME COURT DECISION June 29, 2010-Boston – Another important step towards accountability for sex-abuse coverups was taken with the recent refusal by the U.S. Supreme Court to stop a lawsuit that seeks to depose Vatican officials about a case involving a priest transferred from city to city despite repeated accusations of sexual abuse. The Court’s action sends the case back to an Oregon district court, where attorneys will argue whether the priest is an employee of the Vatican or of a local religious order. “We applaud any action that restores transparency and accountability to the Church,” says Voice of the Faithful President Dan Bartley. “We will be following this case closely and fully support the survivor who has bravely come forward and managed to keep fighting for justice.” _____________________________________________________________________________________ Voice of the Faithful (VOTF) is a lay organization formed in 2002 in response to the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church. The goals of the organization are to support survivors, support priests of integrity, and work towards structural change in the Church. The organization began in the basement of a church in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and has since expanded worldwide with more than 30,000 members and affiliates across the country and abroad. For more information about VOTF please visit www.votf.org or email Jessica at votfpr@votf.org or call 781-559-3360.
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VOTF™ Mission Statement To provide a prayerful voice, attentive to the Spirit, through which the Faithful can actively participate in the governance and guidance of the Catholic Church.
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