In my opinion, a number of church officials appear to be more concerned about money and image than the safety of our children.

It pains me to make this statement. I would like to apologize to all the church officials, the esteemed Bishop Lyne foremost among them, who have served the Chicago community selflessly for so many years. I do not believe that a few rotten apples should ruin it for the entire bunch. To the contrary, I write this article today to motivate the honest and honorable members of the Roman Catholic Church, who I believe constitute the vast majority of the community, to stand up for the virtues this fine Christian organization holds at its core. It is imperative that we must not remain silent and allow the rotten church officials to continue covering up pedophilia because of its affect on fund-raising.

We need to make it abundantly clear that fund-raising would be greatly complimented if the church sincerely enforced a zero tolerance policy for pedophilia. I know the church likes for everyone to believe that a zero tolerance policy is in place, but in my opinion this is obviously not the case. After reviewing the transcripts of Cardinal George and Bishop Goedert’s depositions, it is difficult to believe that any such policy is enforced.

One thing that I do know, with great certainty, is the Catholic community needs all of the neutral party help it can get. Therefore, I am proud to say that KTF Media Group has established a neutral party mechanism for the Catholic community to turn to for help – The Cardinal Cody Observation Commission. You may access its website directly atwww.ccocommission.org. The Cardinal Cody Observation Commission, otherwise called the CCOC, will be an extra set of eyes and ears for the community, specifically in dealing with corruption surrounding the Catholic Archdiocese in Chicago. In particular the CCOC wants to help victims of sexual abuse have a voice in the community, and aid the Roman Catholic Church in finding pedophile priests and bringing them to proper, secular justice.

Please know that information collected by the CCOC will be handled in the most prudent way possible. John Cardinal Cody, the namesake of this enterprise, is surely an emblem of right action, particularly in concern to the welfare of children. In the spirit of the late and great Cardinal Cody, the CCOC pledges to keep a watchful eye over the church and wants it be known that if anyone in the church harms a child, the CCOC will be there to do everything humanly possible to help the victim.

Please do not forget to visit www.ccocommission.org and upload our banner to your website. In addition, please tell all of your friends, family members and other colleagues about the CCOC, assuring everyone that real help is finally here.

I encourage everyone of faith to pray for right action from Cardinal George and Bishop Goedert, and for all of the men and women in the church who turned away from God’s true path. With the aid of the community of faithful, the church can right some of these horrible occurrences and make sure that these sorts of lurid violations will never be swept under the rug ever again.