I just received the January 2004 issue of Crisis Magazine and it has the article by Danny DeBruin about his time with the Long Island Voice of the Faithful. The article is not yet online. Just as I thought the local group is tilted toward those who support dissent. Every invited speaker that the article (or the group's own website for that matter) lists is a dissenter. The article also mentions the talk given by the sex abuse survivor that I just posted. The author makes the same point I did about the group doing a good job by inviting this speaker and supporting abuse survivors. If they would just disavow dissent and support Church teachings fully, then the group would be legitimate and do good work, maybe even as good as Roman Catholic Faithful which has had real success in getting rid of bad priests and bishops.

Another point the article makes is that many of the VOF people were or are being educated by the seminary or the "Pastoral Formation Institute". This is part of the problem in this diocese - after so many years of faulty teaching being promoted by the same Bishop McGann who shuffled around abusive priests - these places are no guarantee of a good Catholic education.

One thing the article does not mention is that many Long Island Voice of the Faithful members supported Fr. Papa. This priest had porno site cookies (including child porn sites) on his computer in the rectory. In fact the group has not called for this priest to resign or to never be assigned to another parish. This is because he supported VOF. How is this priest a "priest of intregrity"??