The Parish Reconfiguration Fund Oversight Committee's Final Report

Commentary on the Final Report

Charter of PRFOC

PRFOC - An Antiphon

The Litany of the PROFC Report

PROFC - An Antiphon

* When the PRFOC report was originally issued on 11/11/07, it consisted of about 2800 words and two charts. The condensed version of the PRFOC Report (The Litany of the PRFOC Final Report) is about 950 words long. The summary below (PRFOC - An Antiphon) is about 250 words long.
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PRFOC - An Antiphon

Part I Call: The PRFOC requested additional information concerning finances relevant to the Reconfiguration Fund.

Part I Response: The former Vicar General rebuffed the requests…

Part II Call: The PRFOC…recommended that reconfiguration funds be used for a more enduring purpose, such as the longstanding deferred maintenance of remaining parish buildings in the archdiocese.

Part II Response: The PRFOC’s recommendation was not accepted…the PRFOC could not prevent the use of reconfiguration funds to cover the operating budget deficits of the Central Fund.

Part III Call: The PRFOC noted that the chancery staff had provided a significant amount of information for review.

Part III Response: Lacking full disclosure of archdiocesan finances however, PRFOC members were unable to qualify its significance and the defensive attitude toward the PRFOC persisted.

Part IV Call: The PRFOC… made a verbal recommendation to the archdiocese to restore equity in the closure process by voluntarily applying the Congregation’s ruling to the non-appealing parishes that were slated for closure in the same time period.

Part IV Response: The archdiocese did not accept the PRFOC’s recommendation.

Part V Call: …Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley assured both clergy and laity that the PRFOC was monitoring the reconfiguration process to insure that no reconfiguration funds were used for abuse settlements.

Part V Response: … the PRFOC registered an objection that the archdiocese was publicly using the PRFOC as a shield while privately denying it access to pertinent financial information.

Part VI Call: the PRFOC recommended that it become a subcommittee of the Finance Council.

Part VI Response: …the PRFOC’s recommendation… was…rejected…

All: Amen.
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