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	VOTF National Survivor Support Working Group Statement: San Diego Settlement Voice from the Desert September 10, 2007 http://reform-network.net/?p=891 With the news of the San Diego settlement, we take a twin breath of both active concern and sadness. First, in solidarity and with concern for them, we salute the courage of the survivors of the San Diego settlement and their steadfast dignity when they were used as ploys and pawns in a game of bankruptcy brinkmanship. We express unremitting sorrow that our Church had to be pushed by the civil authorities into the arena of justice. We eagerly hope the push extends into a wide arc of openness of financial accountability as a sign of respect for those who paid the diocese's bills for generations and those who continue their financial contributions to the Church. Settlements always have up and down sides. Victims do not have to go through the trauma of telling their stories in court and yet their stories remain untold, and in many quarters disbelieved, because they were not able to tell their stories in open court. We vigorously urge all parties to disclose the documents in this settlement and to disclose them as quickly as possible. The truth lives in the documents. We cannot shield our eyes from it any longer. Contacts: Kristine Ward, Chair, National Voice of the Faithful Survivor Support Working Group 937-272-0308 James Jenkins, California , VOTF National Representative Council 510-527-5638 Tom Byrne, Ohio , VOTF Survivor Support Working Group 216-295-0817 Lisa Kendzior, Texas , VOTF National Representative Council 817-773-5903 Bob Schwiderski , Minnesota , VOTF National Representative Council 952-471-3422
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