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To: Salvation; Siobhan; patent; Polycarp; NYer; Notwithstanding; Catholicguy; Romulus; eastsider; ...
Here is Bishop Loverde's contact info:

Diocese of Arlington
Most Reverend Paul S. Loverde
200 N. Glebe Road, Suite 704
Arlington, VA 22203
703-841-2500 FAX: 703-524-5028

Also:

The Most Reverend Gabriel Montalvo
Apostolic Nuncio
3339 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20008
202-333-7121 FAX: 202-337-4036

75 posted on 11/12/2002 11:42:52 AM PST by ltlflwr
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To: ltlflwr
Unfortunately, it is utterly counter-productive to write/phone the papal pro-nuncio. The papal pro-nuncio collaborates with bishops when the flock complain. Essentially, the papal pro-nuncio uses your message like a bomerang - send him a message and you should expect that an exact copy will be sent to the bishop you are complaining about. Any Catholic who thinks he can send the papal pro-nuncio private information regarding misconduct in his diocese should anticipate that the bishop will know have everything that you gave the pro-nuncio.
79 posted on 11/12/2002 12:16:33 PM PST by passive1
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To: ltlflwr
Writing letters to the bishop or to Rome won't do a damn bit of good. Nothing ever happens unless the media gets involved. In Springfield, IL Bishop Daniel Ryan was sleeping around with male prostitutes, hitting on young priests, and introducing sexually explicit, values-neutral sex education into elementary school classrooms. Parents protested to Rome. They literally deluged Rome with hundreds of letters of protest. Nothing happened. Finally they got some lawyers and went public, bringing in the media. The bishop resigned in humiliation within weeks after the scandal broke. Rome is obviously a great part of the problem. It doesn't seem to care about the laity.
121 posted on 11/12/2002 2:56:22 PM PST by ultima ratio
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