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FREE Lecture open to the public -
April 20, 2008
"Deliver Us From Evil - Betrayal of
the Church"
The
Epiphany Group Presents Fr. Tom Doyle
Sunday, April 20, 2008
at 2:00 PM
Hardesty Regional Library, Redbud Room
8316 E 93rd St, Tulsa, OK
Fr. Doyle will outline actual crimes
committed not by the Church but by churchmen, and will summarize the
state of the abuse issue today as well as what he sees as happening in
the hierarchy. He will also move beyond that to some more fundamental
ideas about the nature of church, place of lay people, possibilities for
present and future ways to find serenity and true Christian peace as a
Catholic Christian.
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A
Dominican priest with a doctorate in canon law and five separate
master's degrees, Rev. Thomas P. Doyle, O.P. sacrificed a rising
career at the Vatican Embassy to become an outspoken advocate
for church abuse victims. Since 1984, when he became involved
with the issue of sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy
while serving at the Embassy, he has become an expert in the
canonical and pastoral dimensions of this problem—working
directly with victims, their families, accused priests, bishops,
and other high-ranking Church officials. Doyle has interviewed
2,000 victims of clerical sexual abuse in the U.S. alone, and
has been the only priest to testify in court in over 200 cases
as to the legal liability of the Church. He has developed
policies and procedures for dealing with cases of sexual abuse
by the clergy for dioceses and religious orders in the United
States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. As an expert in this
area, he has delivered lectures and seminars for clergy and lay
groups throughout the U.S. In 1989 he appeared as an expert
witness before the legislature of the State of Pennsylvania
concerning that State's child protective legislation. As an Air
Force major stationed in Germany, and who also recently served
as a military chaplain in Iraq, he holds 16 military awards and
decorations for distinguished service. He currently serves as a
consultant/court expert in clerical abuse cases throughout the
U.S., Canada, Ireland, Israel and the United Kingdom.
When The Voice of the Faithful
honored Doyle with their first Priest of Integrity Award in
2002, David Clohessy, national director of the Survivors Network
of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), called Doyle “an absolute
hero." In recognition of his advocacy work for the victims of
clerical sexual abuse, he has also received the Cavallo Award
for Moral Courage (1992) and the Isaac Hecker Award from the
Paulist Fathers (2003). In June of 2003 Doyle was also issued an
official commendation from the Dominican Fathers for his
“prophetic work in drawing attention to clergy sexual abuse and
for advocating the rights of victims and abusers.”
Doyle is the author of seven
previous books including Meeting the Problem of Sexual Abuse
Among the Clergy in a Responsible Way with Michael Peterson,
M.D. and F. Ray Mouton (St. Luke Institute, 1985).
For more about Fr. Doyle, visit
http://www.richardsipe.com/Doyle/
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