Victims First: Transparency Needed
I am not a theologian, lawyer, or therapist, but as other Catholics, I have accepted the duty of reflecting on the victims of clerical...
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- Jun 2, 2020
Heal Our Church plans virtual meeting, invites Archbishop and requests agreement on Joint Statement
June 1, 2020 Archbishop Paul Etienne Archdiocese of Seattle 710 9th Avenue Seattle, WA 98104 Dear Archbishop Etienne: We are taking this...
- May 22, 2020
Archbishop Postpones Meeting, HOC Responds
The Archbishop cancelled the May 13th meeting we scheduled nearly four months previously under the concern of coronavirus. He was...
- Feb 14, 2020
Pacific Northwest's largest newspaper advocates for Heal Our Church effort
EDITORIAL FROM THE SEATTLE TIMES: The Catholic Church’s egregious concealment of its sexual abuse scandals compounds the pain felt by...
- Feb 10, 2020
Our Seattle Times op-ed: For healing, Catholic Church must open sexual-abuse scandal records
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission model recently proposed for the Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle offers a path of healing in the afte
- Feb 7, 2020
Straight-forward answers to Archbishop Etienne’s concerns about a Truth & Reconciliation Commission
Heartwarming, and in some cases heartbreaking, characterizes the outpouring of emails, phone calls and text messages we’ve received...
- Jan 28, 2020
News release: Western Washington Catholics call on Archbishop to help form a Truth & Reconciliation
In wake sex abuse scandal, group develops plan to help heal church SEATTLE (Jan. 28, 2020)-- A broad-based group of Catholics in Western...
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