Call To Action's media spokespersons can be contacted during office hours through Crystal Chan, CTA's media liaison, on (773) 404-0004 ext. 285. or crystalchan@cta-usa.org. After hours, you can contact Linda Pieczynski at home, (630) 323-6924.
Local comment can be obtained by contacting CTA local chapters
press releases
| 2002 |
| Dec. 13 | Vatican Hears Boston Catholics |
| CTA thanks Boston Catholic people and priests | |
| Nov. 13 | Lay Catholics Decry Weakening of Dallas Norms |
| CTA sees weakening of 4 points in sex abuse protection norms | |
| Nov. 11 | Demand for Disclosure Mounts Among Lay Catholics |
| CTA staff to hold press conference in D.C. on Tuesday | |
| Nov. 8 | Lay Catholics Demand Accountability From Their Bishops |
| CTA launches campaign for disclosure by dioceses | |
| Oct. 18 | Vatican Delay on Abuse Norms Ominous |
| Comment on the Vatican's rejection of the U.S. sex abuse norms | |
| Sept. 26 | CTA Applauds Baltimore Sex Abuse Disclosure |
| Comment on Cardinal Keeler's naming of perpetrators, costs | |
| June 14 | Bishops Went Only Halfway |
| Comment on bishops' abuse policy adopted in Dallas | |
| June 11 | Grassroots Catholics Demand Accountability |
| Lack of accountability of bishops themselves | |
| June 7 | Catholics Pray for Bishops: vigils on June 13 around the country |
| CTA chapters pray during bishops' meeting in Dallas | |
| June 6 | Media advisory: CTA activities at Dallas meeting of bishops |
| CTA press conferences, workshop, prayer & procession | |
| June 4 | Bishops Didn't Go Far Enough |
| Critique of bishops' draft abuse policy | |
| May 23 | Call To Action proposes ses abuse policy to bishops |
| CTA issues its own policy recommendations | |
| April 25 | Response to Cardinals' Meeting in Rome |
| Comment on meeting of U.S. Cardinals regarding abuse by clergy | |
| April 1 | What Ordinary Catholics Can Do |
| Actions to influence the Cardinals | |
| March 22 | Papal Response to Sex Abuse Inadequate |
| CTA calls for uniform national standards on clergy sex abuse | |
| March 8 | Vatican Trys to Scapegoat Gays |
| Gay priests are not the cause of clergy sex abuse |
| 2000 - 2001 |
| For earlier press releases, click here |
| cta in the news |
| 2002 |
12/16/2002 Clean hands and a strong arm - USA Today
12/15/2002 Law's resignation only a beginning, many say - Denver Post
12/15/2002 Catholic laity feels voice being heard - Chicago Tribune
12/14/2002 Local clergy react to case - San Antonio Express-News
12/14/2002 Boston cardinal quits in sex scandal - Philadelphia Daily News
12/11/2002 Angry Catholics challenging church- Buffalo News
11/22/2002 Protesters at bishops' meeting refused Communion, arrested - National Catholic Reporter
11/21/2002 Midlands Voices: U.S. Catholic bishops fall short of reform - Omaha World-Herald
11/19/2002 Bishop shares meeting details - Rockford Register Star
11/16/2002 Hart 'pleased' with bishops' policy. But not all local Catholics share the sentiment, feeling the laity is left out of the process. - The Norwich Bulletin
11/15/2002 Conference focuses on diversity, justice - National Catholic Reporter
11/15/2002 To reform church, embrace democracy - National Catholic Reporter
11/14/2002 Abuse plan cleared by U.S. bishops - Marquette University Tribune
11/14/2002 Bishops OK revised abuse policy - Detroit News
11/14/2002 Bishops set guidelines for sexual-abuse cases - Washington Times
11/14/2002 Catholic bishops OK abuse-policy revisions - San Bernandino Sun
11/14/2002 Bishops sex abuse vote meets a mixed response - The Norwich Bulletin
11/14/2002 Bishops' revised sex abuse policy elicits criticism - Omaha World-Herald
11/14/2002 WBBM Radio
11/13/2002 Bishops: Don't stay in abusive marriage - Plain-Dealer .xml
11/13/2002 Bishops Preparing Iraq Position : Lay Groups Criticize Role of Boston's Cardinal Law on Issue Washington Post
11/13/2002 Bishop `Law And Order' Lori Takes The Point - The Hartford Courant
11/13/2002 U.S. bishops debate Iraq attack plans - Atlanta Constitution-Journal
11/13/2002 US Bishops Vote for Vatican-Revised Sex Abuse Code - Reuters
11/13/2002 Lay groups make D.C. appearance - Philadelphia Inquirer
11/13/2002 For Catholics, cautious next steps - WMAQ TV (ch 5 NBC) http://www.msnbc.com/news/834192.asp
11/13/2002 WMAQ TV (ch 5 NBC)
11/13/2002 New policy on clergy sex abuse approved - Omaha World Herald
11/13/2002 KPFK Pacifica Radio
11/13/2002 On Point
11/12/2002 Reformist Catholic Groups Lash Out at U.S. Bishops - Reuters
11/12/2002 Group Marches for Change in Church - WXIX TV
11/12/2002 Bishop Warns Against Lay Groups : Conference Leader Says Some Would Exploit Scandal to Advance 'Agendas' - Washington Post
11/12/2002 S.A. Catholics put protection of children first - San Antonio Express-News
11/12/2002 WMAQ TV (ch 5 NBC)
11/11/2002 Bishops gather on abuse reforms Boston Globe
11/11/2002 US bishops review stance on sex abuse - AFP http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2441191.stm
11/10/2002 Scandal Is Stirring Lay Catholics to Push Church for More Power - New York Times
11/10/2002 Call to Action for peace instead of war in Iraq - Portsmouth Herald
11/10/2002 Bishops reluctantly revisit sex scandal - StarLedger
11/9/2002 Liberal Groups Call for Reforms in Abuse Policy - Los Angeles Times
11/8/2002 Clerics weigh response to bishops who neglect sex cases - Religion News Service
11/8/2002 Iraq issue central at peace rally in Portsmouth - Portsmouth Herald
11/8/2002 Pontificating about pontiffs in Milwaukee - National Catholic Reporter
11/7/2002 Less heat, more light? - Shepherd Express Metro
11/7/2002 Catholics have lost faith in leaders, not in church - Catholic Herald
11/6/2002 Catholics have lost faith in leaders, not in church, speakers say - Catholic News Service http://www.catholicnews.com/data/briefs/cns/20021106.htm#head3
11/6/2002 Wisconsin Public Radio (WHAD)
11/2/2002 Catholics haven't lost faith, group says - Green Bay Press Gazette http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_6854485.shtml
11/2/2002 Priest stands up for victims of abuse - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
11/01/2002 Crowd downtown rallies against a war with Iraq - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
10/27/2002 Activist nuns urge resistance to violence - The Gazette
10/24/2002 WBBM Radio
10/20/2002 Focus shifts to accused priests' rights - Boston Globe
10/19/2002 Many Leaders of U.S. Church Say Rome's Stance Is a Relief - New York Times
10/19/2002 Church leaders to proceed with sex-abuse policy - San Diego Union-Tribune
10/19/2002 Rome Seeks to Revise Abuse Policy - Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49424-2002Oct18.html
10/19/2002 Bishops: Vatican's statement shows room for dialogue South Florida Sun-Sentinel
10/19/2002 Reaction divided on Vatican's delay in approving abuse policy - Buffalo News
10/19/2002 Midlands bishops say policy will be improved - Omaha World-Herald
10/15/2002 Lament for Christ's broken body Plain-Dealer
10/12/2002 Group seeks Catholic equality - The Herald-Sun
09/29/2002 Vatican expected to seek test of sex abuse policy - New York Times
09/18/2002 Forum: Let any Catholic enter the priesthood - Arizona Daily Star
09/7/2002 4 men have complained of abuse, Belleville diocese reports - St. Louis Post-Dispatch 09/6/2002 Bishop Gregory meets with demonstrators - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
09/6/2002 You are known by the company you keep - Boston Pilot
08/31/2002 Calls for church reform - Kansas City Star
08/30/2002 A changing church - USA Today
8/25/2002 Nuns call for reform in wake of abuse crisis - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
08/19/2002 The church's tug of war - The Nation
08/06/2002 A Tangled Web: New Media and the Catholic Scandals - Online Journalism Review
08/06/2002 Too Close for Comfort: Church panels as abuse cops - The National Law Journal
08/02/2002 Women's voices lauded on Magdala feast day - National Catholic Reporter
08/02/2002 4,000 meet to give laity a voice - National Catholic Reporter
07/23/2002 Role of Women Test for Church - Newsday
07/19/2002 Father figures - Alternet
07/19/2002 Celibacy, law enforcement and the Catholic crisis- Artvoice
07/07/2002 What part of 'no' don't 'reformers' understand? - Union Leader
07/06/2002 Bishops, take action -Omaha World-Herald
06/21/2002 Parishioners make their voices heard - National Catholic Reporter
06/20/2002 New Panel on Priestly Abuse Is Planned - Los Angeles Times
06/20/2002 Louisville priest removed from post - Courier-Journal
06/19/2002 Speaker: Priest scandal shows need for change - Erie Daily Times
06/19/2002 Catholic reform group gains new ground - Chicago Tribune
06/19/2002 Who made Catholic priests so powerful? We did
06/18/2002 Cheyenne's Bishop Ricken explains results of meeting - Wyoming Tribune Eagle
06/17/2002 What the bishops approved, and didn't approve, in Dallas - USA Today
06/16/2002 Catholic bishops in a fight for their flock - San Diego Union-Tribune
06/16/2002 Nun says women, married men future of priesthood -Erie Daily Times
06/16/2002 Abuse scandal awakens church - Chicago Tribune
06/16/2002 Demands for change grow louder - Chicago Tribune
06/16/2002 Bishops adopt abuse policy - Dallas Morning News
06/16/2002 Some bishops leery of sharing authority. Keating says board will insist on resignations for shielding predators - Dallas Morning News
06/15/2002 Bishops ban sex abusers - Chicago Sun-Times
06/15/2002 Bishops adopt less severe abuse policy - Seattle Times
06/15/2002 Bishops vote to strip molesters of their ministry - San Francisco Chronicle
06/15/2002 Catholic protesters skeptical of bishops' efforts - Omaha World-Herald
06/15/2002 Bishops approve plan for priests' removal - Omaha World-Herald
06/15/2002 Lay group of Catholics criticize church's policy -Lincoln Journal-Star
06/14/2002 Victims tell bishops of abuse - USA Today
06/14/2002 Dissenters make their case- Newsday
06/14/2002 U.S. bishops bar abusive priests - Associated PressReligion
06/14/2002 Faithful pray for church - Las Cruces Sun-News
06/14/2002 50 gather for vigil - Omaha World-Herald
06/14/2002 Clergy ouster option sought - Dallas Morning News
06/13/2002 CNN International
06/13/2002 Protests peaceful at bishops' summit - Associated Pres
06/13/2002 Reform groups congregating at bishops' meeting - Seattle Times
06/13/2002 San Antonio Express-News
06/13/2002 Lay grops find a forum outside closed doors - Boston Globe
06/13/2002 Des Moines bishop says apology necessary - Omaha World-Herald
06/12/2002 Flocking to bishops' meeting - Newsday
06/12/2002 Bishops Seek to Restore Faith - Newsday
06/11/2002 Bishops to decide how to treat abusive priest - Courier-Journal
06/11/2002 Blookington activist to join bishops in Dallas - Indianapolis Star
06/10/2002 Battle of the faithful - Newsweek
06/10/2002 Local woman hopes to have voice heard -The Herald Times
06/09/2002 Catholic bishops conference to address 'crisis of leadership '- Kansas City Star
06/09/2002 Bishops poised to get tough - StarLedger
06/09/2002 Scholars say prayer not enough in scandal - Boston Globe
06/09/2002 Bishops expected to assume hard line
06/09/2002 Catholics galvanized for church reform - New Hampshire Sunday News & Union Leader
06/08/2002 Debate continues ofver proposed abuse policy - Dallas Morning News
06/08/2002 A vigil for healing, reconciliation - San Diego Union-Tribune
06/07/2002 Sex, lies and leadership - San Diego Union-Tribune
06/07/2002 Zero tolerance called excessive - Baltimore Sun
06/05/2002 Bishops put 'wiggle room' in proposals on sex abuse - San Diego Union-Tribune
06/05/2002 Prelates' Proposal Draws Praise and Skepticism - New York Times
06/05/2002 Catholic bishops propose policy for dealing with sex abuse by priests - Kansas City Star 06/04/2002 WLS TV- 7 Eyewitness News
06/03/2002 WLS TV- 7 Eyewitness News
05/31/2002 WFLA
05/30/2002 Opinons vary on priest scandal - Chicago Tribune
05/30/2002 WMAL - Charlie Warren Show
05/29/2002 Church Abuse Policy Criticized - Associated PressReligion
05/29/2002 WGN TV
05/29/2002 KCAL Ch 9 News
05/27/2002 Church critics need to check all closets - Chicago Tribune
05/24/2002 Accused of sexual assault, archbishop seeks to retire - New York Times
05/24/2002 Call To Acton group protests at ordination - Michigan Catholic
05/22/2002 WBEZ
05/22/2002 ABC TV
05/22/2002 WMAQ TV (ch 5 NBC)
05/22/2002 WGN TV
05/18/2002 Ch 7
05/18/2002 UPN ch 50
05/12/2002 Catholic Church needs 'open window - Dallas Morning News
05/12/2002 Putting women to work: Mary's Pence raises money to improve the lives of women - StarLedger
05/12/2002 Catholic laity needs more say, ex-priest Mainelli tells reformers - Omaha World-Herald
05/05/2002 Scandal opens door for causes of reformers - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
05/03/2002 Gay Catholics fear fallout from sex abuse scandal - Religion News Service
05/01/2002 Ads will call for female priests - Detroit Free Press
05/01/2002 Priest case hit a brick wall - Herald News
05/01/2002 Religious Group Pushes For Female priests - MSNBC
04/28/2002 New York Times
04/28/2002 Las Crucens seeks change in church - Las Cruces Sun-News
04/26/2002 Belleville diocese plans 'lay synod' - National Catholic Reporter
04/26/2002 Vatican summit confounds, angers - USA Today
04/26/2002 Cardinals' statement viewed as good start - Omaha World-Herald
04/26/2002 Gay priests, supporters seen as target of report - Dallas Morning News
04/26/2002 They want to keep faith, but with more of a voice - Philadelphia Daily News
04/26/2002 Bishop says scandal sharpened concern - Buffalo News
04/26/2002 Protesters plan to greet cardinals - Philadelphia Daily News
04/26/2002 U.S. Catholics see turning point for church - New York Times
04/26/2002 Longtime faith, newfound fury - Charlotte Observer
04/25/2002 Will the Pope Make the Crisis Worse? - Beliefnet
04/25/2002 WBEZ - 848
04/25/2002 Catholics Seethe Over Cardinals' 'Arrogance' - Reuters Information Service
04/25/2002 WTTW TV - Chicago Tonight
04/24/2002 WGN TV
04/24/2002 Triangle Catholics pray for openness in their church - News & Observer
04/24/2002 WMAL - Charlie Warren Show
04/23/2002 Fox - The O'Reilly Factor
04/23/2002 WAQY
04/23/2002 WMAQ TV (ch 5 NBC)
04/23/2002 Staking Their Claim - Los Angeles Times
04/23/2002 KLIV Radio
04/23/2002 NBC TV Channel 3
04/23/2002 Cardinal Law should stay, GR bishop says - Grand Rapids Press
04/22/2002 Catholics agree 'now is the time to talk' - USA Today
04/22/2002 Catholics debate purpose of women deacons - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
04/22/2002 CNN Crossfire
04/22/2002 Should Catholic priests marry? Scandal stirs debate on traditional church policy - Philadelphia Daily News
04/20/2002 Sex scandal gives Catholic reformers a new momentum - New York Times
04/18/2002 WLS TV- 7 Eyewitness News
04/18/2002 A pie in the face of the Catholic hierarchy - Salon
04/17/2002 Catholic reform group sees crisis as opportunity - Buffalo News
04/16/2002 Alan Keyes show - MSNBC
04/16/2002 Should Catholic priests marry? Scandal stirs debate on traditional church policy - Reuters Information Service
04/16/2002 Finally, pope understands abuse issue, parishioners say - Arizona Republic
04/15/2002 Church rule keeps files on priests under wraps - Seattle Times
04/15/2002 Chicago Tribune
04/14/2002 Church scandal seen as chance for change - San Antonio Express-News
04/14/2002 The church's cross to bear - Plain-Dealer
04/13/2002 Dialogue on pedophilia - Buffalo News
04/11/2002 WGN TV
04/10/2002 WTTW TV - Chicago Tonight
04/08/2002 Lincoln Journal-Star
04/08/2002 Priest under cloud of suspicion - Religion News Service
04/07/2002 Lincoln Journal-Star
04/07/2002 New York Post
04/06/2002 Fox Ch 9
04/05/2002 Lincoln Journal-Star
04/05/2002 Ch 8
04/05/2002 Catholic reformers spurred by scandals - University of Northern Iowa (UNI)
04/04/2002 Reaching out... for reform - Christian Science Monitor
04/01/2002 Will bishops face felony charges because of clergy sex abuses? - Salt of the Earth
03/30/2002 Lincoln Journal-Star
03/28/2002 Valley diocese called leader in addressing sex abuse - Arizona Republic
03/27/2002 Scandal Puts New Focus on Celibacy - Los Angeles Times
03/26/2002 WTTW TV - Chicago Tonight
03/26/2002 Mark Furman Show
03/26/2002 Santa Fe archdiocese learned lessons that could help others How the church survived 'our dark night of the soul' - USA Today
03/25/2002 Sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic church - KCTS
03/24/2002 Kansas City Star
03/22/2002 Lincoln Journal-Star
03/22/2002 Man at the center of Catholics' maelstrom - Christian Science Monitor
03/21/2002 WMAL - Charlie Warren Show
03/21/2002 WBBM Radio
03/21/2002 CLTV News
03/19/2002 Catholics sys they will hold strong to faith - San Diego Union-Tribune
03/16/2002 Plain-Dealer
03/01/2002 Salt of the Earth
01/18/2002 National Catholic Reporter
01/14/2002 Newsday