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Nothing will change overnight and I blame church "leadership" - I like the petition that's circulating calling on ALL U.S. bishops to resign...

NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
THEOLOGIANS, LAY LEADERS CALL FOR MASS RESIGNATIONS OF US BISHOPS
'No genuine ... healing and reform can begin' without a demonstration of repentance, statement says
Aug 17, 2018
by Heidi Schlumpf AccountabilityTheology

More than 3,000 theologians, educators and lay leaders have called for all U.S. bishops to submit their resignations to Pope Francis, much like Chile's 34 bishops did in May after revelations of sexual abuse and corruption, as a public act of penance and a "willing abdication of earthly status."

"Today, we call on the Catholic Bishops of the United States to prayerfully and genuinely consider submitting to Pope Francis their collective resignation as a public act of repentance and lamentation before God and God's People," said a statement, posted in English and Spanish on the Daily Theology blog on Friday.

"Only then might the wrenching work of healing begin," it said.

The statement was released Friday, with 140 signers, in response to Tuesday's release of a grand jury report that detailed seven decades of sexual abuse by clergy and cover-up by church leaders in six dioceses in Pennsylvania, as well as allegations earlier this summer that former archbishop of Washington, Theodore McCarrick, sexually abused two children and adult seminarians.

Those interested can sign the statement by midnight Wednesday, Aug. 22, when it, along with a cover letter, will be sent to the president and vice presidents of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), as well as to to the apostolic nuncio in Washington D.C. and to the Congregations of Bishops in Rome.
-nationalcatholicreporter.com

https://www.ncronline.org/news/accountability/theologians-lay-leaders-call-mass-resignations-us-bishops