Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Clarifications after the Vice President “Debate” Monday night
I want to make it perfectly clear where I stand in opposition to my opponent for the Vice Presidency of Voice of the Faithful.
· Concerning the Cardinal George , Father McCormick issue in Chicago. I also would have prayed over what to do. Then listening to the Spirit’s voice within me and fortifying me, I would have moved to confront and challenge the good Cardinal and tell him what he was dong was evil and he needed to turn Fr. McCormick over to the police immediately.
· Concerning the Bill Casey vs. Fr. Doyle issue. If I were VOTF Vice President, I would have persuaded Bill to confer with ALL the VOTF leadership, including members of the National Representative Council, before issuing such an ill-advised statement against our first Priest of Integrity.
· Concerning the Fr. Bozek of vs. St. Louis Archbishop Burke issue. I regret not being in St. Louis to support Fr. Bozek in person on Tuesday morning, instead of being 275 miles away in Kansas City at the candidate forum on Monday evening . Had I been in St. Louis to join physically with Fr. Bozek’s supporters, I could have demonstrated my belief that actions speak louder than words. In the best of all possible worlds, I should have requested that the vice presidential candidate forum be cancelled. If were the current Vice President, I would have been on the ground in St. Louis, debate or no debate, standing in full support of Father Bozek.
· Concerning the current state of VOTF. Unlike my opponent, I do feel VOTF is in deplorable shape. Even Mr. Casey, the chair of the Board of Trustees, reported, in April, 2007, in Boston, that VOTF is in a leadership and financial crisis. This crisis is the direct result of the inaction and timidity of the present officers and the Board of Trustees who in 2 years have brought down what was created so strongly in 2002 in Boston.
David Biersmith
Candidate for Vice President of
Voice of the Faithful
· Concerning the Cardinal George , Father McCormick issue in Chicago. I also would have prayed over what to do. Then listening to the Spirit’s voice within me and fortifying me, I would have moved to confront and challenge the good Cardinal and tell him what he was dong was evil and he needed to turn Fr. McCormick over to the police immediately.
· Concerning the Bill Casey vs. Fr. Doyle issue. If I were VOTF Vice President, I would have persuaded Bill to confer with ALL the VOTF leadership, including members of the National Representative Council, before issuing such an ill-advised statement against our first Priest of Integrity.
· Concerning the Fr. Bozek of vs. St. Louis Archbishop Burke issue. I regret not being in St. Louis to support Fr. Bozek in person on Tuesday morning, instead of being 275 miles away in Kansas City at the candidate forum on Monday evening . Had I been in St. Louis to join physically with Fr. Bozek’s supporters, I could have demonstrated my belief that actions speak louder than words. In the best of all possible worlds, I should have requested that the vice presidential candidate forum be cancelled. If were the current Vice President, I would have been on the ground in St. Louis, debate or no debate, standing in full support of Father Bozek.
· Concerning the current state of VOTF. Unlike my opponent, I do feel VOTF is in deplorable shape. Even Mr. Casey, the chair of the Board of Trustees, reported, in April, 2007, in Boston, that VOTF is in a leadership and financial crisis. This crisis is the direct result of the inaction and timidity of the present officers and the Board of Trustees who in 2 years have brought down what was created so strongly in 2002 in Boston.
David Biersmith
Candidate for Vice President of
Voice of the Faithful
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