Among the crowd of Catholics packed into folding chairs in the basement of Winnetka's Saints Faith, Hope and Charity Church last week, it was clear that many were angry enough to at least consider wal

Among the crowd of Catholics packed into folding chairs in the basement of Winnetka’s Saints Faith, Hope and Charity Church last week, it was clear that many were angry enough to at least consider wal

06/26/2004 at 10:17 PM Posted by Catholic Citizens of Illinois

Among the crowd of Catholics packed into folding chairs in the basement of Winnetka’s Saints Faith, Hope and Charity Church last week, it was clear that many were angry enough to at least consider walking away from their faith entirely. They spoke of friends and adult children who have done just that, alienated by autocratic leaders who ignored and enabled decades of sexual abuse by priests and who still seem out of touch with the concerns of rank-and-file Catholics. This group of more than 100 say they are just as frustrated, but they plan to stay and fight for an institution which they say belongs to them as much as any pope or bishop. CCI NOTES: For more stories on the heterodox activities of VOTF, see the ISSUES pull down menu and select ‘Voice of the Faithful’