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DISSIDENTS MASQUERADING AS CATHOLIC GROUP EXPLOIT SEXUAL ABUSE CRISIS

Prominent speakers support homosexuality, abortion, contraception, female priests and more

BOSTON, August 13, 2002 (LSN.ca) - An organization rapidly gaining popularity as a result of the sexual abuse scandal among U.S. Catholic clergy is being led by dissident Catholics bent on changing church doctrines including those on sexual morality. Opposition to church authority and moral teachings, which many say has led to the abuse crisis, is advocated by prominent participants in the new group formed to exploit the crisis. In his August 8 e-letter, Crisis Magazine Editor Deal Hudson exposed the group 'Voice of the Faithful'.

Voice of the Faithful (VOTF) began in January 2002 and with strong media support ballooned to having a contact list of over 22,000 names with new branches (called "Parish Voices") cropping up throughout the U.S. At a July 20 VOTF conference, with over 4,000 attendees, there were prominent speakers who are known to support homosexuality, abortion, contraception, female priests and generally throwing out many of the Church's central teachings.

Hudson points out that the VOTF website deceives faithful Catholics into believing it is a legitimate Catholic organization with slogans such as "support those who have been abused" and "support priests of integrity". However, the group is tied to dissident, radical, anti-Vatican groups such as Call to Action and We are Church which strongly reject traditional Catholic moral principles.

The Massachusetts Catholic League also exposed the VOTF fraud in a July 22 story. League representative C.J. Doyle is quoted as saying "What we are witnessing here today is the cynical exploitation of a tragedy by dissidents with an agenda. When an organization which purports to be Catholic has a speaker affiliated with Planned Parenthood, it tells us all we need to know about its alleged Catholic credentials". Doyle continued that "It is grotesque hypocrisy for an organization which claims to be Catholic to promote the views of those who reject Catholic doctrine and repudiate Christian morality...As an organization marketing itself as Catholic, Voice of the Faithful is engaged in consumer fraud."

See Hudson's full e-letter at:
http://www.crisismagazine.com/eletters/august8.htm

See the Massachusetts Catholic League News item at:
http://www.massnews.com/2002_editions/07_July/072202_mn_faithful.shtml

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