Resources
General Resources
- MRT Symposium Report on Desired Qualities of the Next Bishop »
- MRT Initial Report of the Workgroups »
- Letter from George Eberl, Vice-Chair, Board of Trustees, The Foundation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo
- Canon Law
Table of Contents
See Particularly:
Book II, Part I, Title I: The Obligations and Rights of All Christian Faithful (Cann. 208 – 223)
Book II, Part I, Title II: The Obligations and Rights of the LAY Christian Faithful (Cann. 224 – 231) - Bishop says recovery from abuse scandals a ‘generational’ task »
by Elise Harris and John L. Allen Jr., Crux, Mar 25, 2019 - How should we increase accountability? Empower laypeople »
by The Editors, America Magazine, January 11, 2019 - What do U.S. Catholics think about Pope Francis and the sexual abuse crisis?
by Thomas P. Sweetser, America Magazine, January 3, 2019
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2019/01/03/what-do-us-catholics-think-about-pope-francis-and-sexual-abuse-crisis - No major action on sex abuse accountability at U.S. bishops’ meeting
by Michael J. O’Loughlin, America Magazine, November 14, 2018
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2018/11/14/no-major-action-sex-abuse-accountability-us-bishops-meeting - Four Things the Church Must Do To Respond To Sex Abuse
By Thomas Reese, Religion News Service, Aug 21, 2018
https://www.ncronline.org/news/accountability/signs-times/four-things-church-must-do-respond-sex-abuse - Our Myth, Their Lie: Clericalism, Not Heresy, Caused the Crisis
By James J. Heaney, Commonweal Magazine, November 1, 2018
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/our-myth-their-lie - Sexual Abuse and the Culture of Clericalism
By Jason Blakely, America Magazine, August 23, 2018
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2018/08/23/sexual-abuse-and-culture-clericalism - Eight Lessons To Help Us Move Forward From the Sex Abuse Crisis.
John Carr, America Magazine, September 25, 2018
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2018/09/25/eight-lessons-help-us-move-forward-sex-abuse-crisis - In the Midst Of the Sex Abuse Scandal, What Do the People of God Want from Church Hierarchy?
Madeline E. Lacovara, America Magazaine, October 26, 2018
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2018/10/26/midst-sex-abuse-scandal-what-do-people-god-want-church-hierarchy - The Leadership Conference of Women Religious
15 Recommendations From 1996 » - Crisis in the U.S. Catholic Church: Clericalism or the Gospel?
video of presentation by Roy Bourgeois, December, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/yas7dmfo
LEADERSHIP ROUNDTABLE BEST PRACTICES
Leadership Roundtable is an organization of laity, religious, and clergy working together to promote best practices and accountability in the management, finances, communications, and human resource development of the Catholic Church in the U.S. including greater incorporation of the expertise of the laity.
- Restoring Trust: Restoring Trust Action Summary October 2018
- Framework for Responding to the Crisis: Diocesan Frameworks October 2018