Catholic Bishops Accused of Professional Misconduct: A Protected Species Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/catholic-bishops-accused-of-professional-misconduct-a-protected-species.html Online petition signatures en-us Fri, 5 Jun 2026 08:55 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mr Grant Allen [Signature #75] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21678967?utm_medium=rss Church hierarchy must be held to account!

]]> Sun, 24 Sep 2017 04:05:54 UTC 21678967 Mr Warren Ford [Signature #74] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19995024?utm_medium=rss The truth will set you free - but first it might be a pain. Caritas money - for the poor. Equal b4 the law.

]]> Tue, 17 May 2016 08:13:18 UTC 19995024 Mrs. Mary Heneghan [Signature #73] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19830891?utm_medium=rss I think that, in view of recent events, the hierarchy should be working on it's transparency.

]]> Mon, 21 Mar 2016 11:38:37 UTC 19830891 Geraldine Hornby [Signature #72] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19599242?utm_medium=rss Tue, 12 Jan 2016 04:38:17 UTC 19599242 Carmel Ducat [Signature #71] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19568622?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Dec 2015 07:48:06 UTC 19568622 Mr Brian Pitts [Signature #70] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19567145?utm_medium=rss We on the bottom rung of the ecclesiastical ladder who are labelled "laity" are actually the "church". Yeshua distinctly told his disciples NOT to have a hierarchy.

]]> Tue, 22 Dec 2015 01:01:30 UTC 19567145 Ms Marlene Burgess [Signature #69] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19559429?utm_medium=rss What stealing money is OK for them but not for us imagine if I stole money from the collection box it would be all over the media the Bishop must stand by the flock not by their Priest that has done such an appalling thing.

]]> Wed, 16 Dec 2015 01:22:03 UTC 19559429 Mr Chris Halpin [Signature #68] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19557566?utm_medium=rss I support this petition and am very concerned that past sins are being repeated by Catholic clergy

]]> Tue, 15 Dec 2015 12:02:59 UTC 19557566 Estela Hutchings [Signature #67] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19552910?utm_medium=rss I support the idea of fairness and justice, honesty and accountability, and these must apply to all, and not exempt the privileged in high office.

]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 05:01:51 UTC 19552910 Mrs Jan Pizzul [Signature #66] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19546913?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Dec 2015 07:38:05 UTC 19546913 Dorothy Farrant [Signature #65] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19544008?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Dec 2015 02:23:05 UTC 19544008 Ms Jennifer Frisardi [Signature #64] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19543919?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Dec 2015 01:46:25 UTC 19543919 Mr Michael Smiddy [Signature #63] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19542407?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Dec 2015 09:24:25 UTC 19542407 Mr Barry Sinclair [Signature #62] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19540534?utm_medium=rss These actions are a disgrace to the Catholic Church.

The priests should be removed from the priesthood immediately

]]> Sat, 5 Dec 2015 01:13:10 UTC 19540534 Mr Patrick Guilfoyle [Signature #61] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19539769?utm_medium=rss Isn't washing the feet of others and service to the Truth what we are supposed to be as Christians!!!

]]> Fri, 4 Dec 2015 08:53:26 UTC 19539769 Mr John Murphy [Signature #60] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19539744?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Dec 2015 08:16:07 UTC 19539744 Helen Hendrey [Signature #59] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19537285?utm_medium=rss I am signing this petition because I believe we are all accountable for our actions and people in positions of authority should be transparent in their financial dealings with other people's money. If there was a mistake in this instance it can be cleared up through an investigation. Bring it all into the light.

]]> Thu, 3 Dec 2015 05:57:41 UTC 19537285 Dr Paul Collins [Signature #58] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19537049?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Dec 2015 04:00:35 UTC 19537049 Ms Natalie Purcell [Signature #57] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19535392?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Dec 2015 11:23:18 UTC 19535392 M. Radanov [Signature #56] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19532423?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Dec 2015 06:53:29 UTC 19532423 Mrs Maureen Harrison [Signature #55] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19532304?utm_medium=rss The hierarchy of the Catholic Church needs to be accountable like any other organisation for money handling as well as people handling. There should be total transparency and not just handled by the local PP himself.

]]> Wed, 2 Dec 2015 05:30:29 UTC 19532304 Mary Jo Fortuna [Signature #54] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19531665?utm_medium=rss It is inconceivable that our Church hierarchy and others in power have not by now learnt that cover-ups make everything worse!

]]> Tue, 1 Dec 2015 04:55:02 UTC 19531665 Mr Anonymous [Signature #53] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19530932?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Dec 2015 07:46:24 UTC 19530932 Dr Kevin Smith [Signature #52] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19530492?utm_medium=rss Repent !

]]> Mon, 30 Nov 2015 11:40:46 UTC 19530492 Peter Leahy [Signature #51] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19530430?utm_medium=rss Mon, 30 Nov 2015 10:14:18 UTC 19530430 mr Anonymous [Signature #50] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19530428?utm_medium=rss Mon, 30 Nov 2015 10:13:26 UTC 19530428 Anonymous [Signature #49] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19530035?utm_medium=rss Mon, 30 Nov 2015 05:02:00 UTC 19530035 Rex Hackett [Signature #48] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19529334?utm_medium=rss Our Catholic Church must at all times BE SEEN to be Just

]]> Mon, 30 Nov 2015 09:04:48 UTC 19529334 Miss Leonie Purcell [Signature #47] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19528908?utm_medium=rss Mon, 30 Nov 2015 02:01:36 UTC 19528908 Mr Jim Kelly [Signature #46] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19528735?utm_medium=rss This all adds up to the autocratic by the male dominated clergy and is an underlying reason why people in their millions are "voting" with their feet and not practicing their Catholic Faith. I hope and pray that one day before it is too late the church hierarchy sit up and take notice to what the laity are saying

]]> Sun, 29 Nov 2015 09:31:08 UTC 19528735 Mr Edward Purcell [Signature #45] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19528652?utm_medium=rss Sun, 29 Nov 2015 08:16:01 UTC 19528652 Tom Purcell [Signature #44] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19528640?utm_medium=rss Sun, 29 Nov 2015 08:05:00 UTC 19528640 Mr Richard Buchhorn [Signature #43] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19528461?utm_medium=rss Sun, 29 Nov 2015 06:20:46 UTC 19528461 Miss Joyce Boccabella [Signature #42] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19528434?utm_medium=rss An investigation into this/these matters is very important.

]]> Sun, 29 Nov 2015 06:02:00 UTC 19528434 Mr Kevin Peoples [Signature #41] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19528370?utm_medium=rss Sun, 29 Nov 2015 05:00:45 UTC 19528370 Mr John Murphy [Signature #40] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19528366?utm_medium=rss Sun, 29 Nov 2015 04:56:45 UTC 19528366 Anne O'Brien [Signature #39] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19528283?utm_medium=rss Sun, 29 Nov 2015 03:52:59 UTC 19528283 Mrs Angela Thomas [Signature #38] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19528270?utm_medium=rss We must regain the integrity and perceived integrity of the Catholic church in order for it to be and be seen as a legitimate teacher of Jesus message .

]]> Sun, 29 Nov 2015 03:44:00 UTC 19528270 Ms Catherine Dooley [Signature #37] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19528199?utm_medium=rss The lack of accountability in the Church is staggering. I too have had dealings with the Sandhurst Diocese. I was part of a group from our parish who had concerns over the conduct of a priest. Bishop Tomlinson's manager wrote to us, telling us that no opportunity would be afforded for us to meet with the Bishop because we had no canonical status! This type of mentality, of not listening to the laity, has perpetuated the horrendous abuse of children. Thank God for the Royal Commission because now the Church is being scrutinized and their arcane practises held to account. Well done Frank for revealing yet another layer of the Church's inability to exact justice.

]]> Sun, 29 Nov 2015 02:43:22 UTC 19528199 Mr Brian McKittrick [Signature #36] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19528180?utm_medium=rss Sun, 29 Nov 2015 02:28:55 UTC 19528180 Mrs. Cathie McMaster [Signature #35] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19527652?utm_medium=rss Sun, 29 Nov 2015 07:04:01 UTC 19527652 Ms Margaret Purcell [Signature #34] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19527601?utm_medium=rss I hope many people sign this Petition. Our collective voice must be heard by our Bishops. We are the Church and we have a right to be heard.

]]> Sun, 29 Nov 2015 06:07:27 UTC 19527601 Mr Peter Chalkley [Signature #33] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19527525?utm_medium=rss Sun, 29 Nov 2015 04:40:29 UTC 19527525 Ellen & Brian Smiddy [Signature #32] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19527499?utm_medium=rss Sun, 29 Nov 2015 03:49:07 UTC 19527499 Professor Joseph Camilleri [Signature #31] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19527444?utm_medium=rss If the facts of the situation as stated in the explanation in support of the petition are at all accurate, then the conduct of the bishop in question and the failure of the Catholic bishops as a whole to take appropriate action is to be deplored. An independent inquiry is the only way tor resolve the matter.

]]> Sun, 29 Nov 2015 02:16:24 UTC 19527444 helen jagoe [Signature #30] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19527437?utm_medium=rss Sun, 29 Nov 2015 02:08:18 UTC 19527437 Mrs Jannette Byrne [Signature #29] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19527433?utm_medium=rss Sun, 29 Nov 2015 02:05:00 UTC 19527433 Kate Vandenberg [Signature #28] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19525912?utm_medium=rss Sat, 28 Nov 2015 05:09:08 UTC 19525912 Dr Gabe C J Lomas [Signature #27] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19525871?utm_medium=rss Sat, 28 Nov 2015 03:52:27 UTC 19525871 MAUREEN MARTIN [Signature #26] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19525854?utm_medium=rss Sat, 28 Nov 2015 03:30:18 UTC 19525854 Helen Halpin [Signature #25] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19525707?utm_medium=rss Sat, 28 Nov 2015 12:32:43 UTC 19525707 John N Collins [Signature #24] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19525626?utm_medium=rss Fri, 27 Nov 2015 10:41:28 UTC 19525626 Sr Joan Winter OP [Signature #23] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19525568?utm_medium=rss Fri, 27 Nov 2015 09:29:47 UTC 19525568 Bernadette Duffy [Signature #22] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19525296?utm_medium=rss Fri, 27 Nov 2015 05:59:30 UTC 19525296 Mr Tom Moore [Signature #21] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19525022?utm_medium=rss Fri, 27 Nov 2015 03:46:54 UTC 19525022 Mr James Boyle [Signature #20] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19524974?utm_medium=rss Fri, 27 Nov 2015 03:31:29 UTC 19524974 Des Tuck [Signature #19] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19522592?utm_medium=rss It is a criminal offence and a betrayal of the Parish Community.

]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2015 05:33:30 UTC 19522592 Ian Fraser [Signature #18] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19522544?utm_medium=rss People donate to Caritas to support communities in greater need than their own parish. Allocating such donations to the parish is a clear breach of faith.

]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2015 05:11:58 UTC 19522544 Mr Anonymous [Signature #17] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19522358?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 Nov 2015 04:17:16 UTC 19522358 Mrs Colleen Cutcheon [Signature #16] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19522248?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 Nov 2015 03:53:12 UTC 19522248 Marian Oxenburgh [Signature #15] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19519963?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 Nov 2015 12:04:34 UTC 19519963 Mrs Judith Holznagel [Signature #14] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19519863?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Nov 2015 09:15:05 UTC 19519863 Mr Francis Brown [Signature #13] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19519844?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Nov 2015 08:32:13 UTC 19519844 Br Shane Wood [Signature #12] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19519778?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Nov 2015 06:59:42 UTC 19519778 Dr Suresh Shenoy [Signature #11] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19519742?utm_medium=rss The Catholic hierarchy who claim to act in the name of Jesus, the Good Shepherd, must show in word and action that they are more than the law abiding citizens. They indeed are the models of Evangelical counsels in action.

]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2015 06:02:30 UTC 19519742 Dr Michael Esler [Signature #10] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19519723?utm_medium=rss 'Diverting' (a.k.a. 'stealing') $3000 donated in good faith to Caritas is to lie to the donors and is to steal from the poorest of the poor. Shame.

]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2015 05:37:30 UTC 19519723 John Severino [Signature #9] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19519696?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Nov 2015 05:07:46 UTC 19519696 Mr Arthur Martin [Signature #8] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19519623?utm_medium=rss This is the kind of "sweeping-it-under-the-carpet" attitude for which the Church has become so noted recently.

]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2015 03:33:19 UTC 19519623 Mr Barry Fletcher [Signature #7] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19519559?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Nov 2015 01:49:21 UTC 19519559 Mrs irena mangone [Signature #6] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19519436?utm_medium=rss The truth must be told.

]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2015 11:18:07 UTC 19519436 Brian Williams [Signature #5] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19519416?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Nov 2015 10:57:49 UTC 19519416 Helen Oxenburgh-Lowe [Signature #4] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19519309?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Nov 2015 09:03:25 UTC 19519309 Brian Coyne [Signature #3] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19519043?utm_medium=rss I support the resolution of this matter by a genuine independent investigation.

]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2015 04:36:11 UTC 19519043 Mr Patrick Kempton [Signature #2] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19518781?utm_medium=rss Let us always seek the truth, which is the basis for justice, and acknowledge the truth with an open heart

]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2015 09:51:44 UTC 19518781 Frank Purcell [Signature #1] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19518535?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Nov 2015 05:00:10 UTC 19518535