Best Church accountability groups?

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I honestly don’t have a clear idea what you are asking. How do you envision a good (or best) Church accountability group? What would it do? How would it operate? Can you give us an example of a good accountability group in some other domain?

You ask for the most informed. How would it be informed? You mention influential. Influential over the public, the Church, or whom? What sort of power does the accountability group have?

You mention lay groups with integrity. Who could argue with that? Then you say your motivation is integrity. Okay, I am getting that you desire integrity. So far so good. Then you mention holding leadership accountable to high standards of integrity, transparency, and responsibility. How does that work? What’s the process?
 
Beryllos said:
How do you envision a good (or best) Church accountability group?
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I’m literally asking for examples in my post.

I guess I was under the impression there were lots of “accountability” groups out there. And thought this would be an informed place to sort through which were honest (ie with integrity) and which weren’t.
 
Are you looking for some sort of Church auditing group? Or a kind of big brother overlooking the work of the Holy See? I sense you are frustrated by Church leadership and want to know that something is happening. Pray for the leadership then. Ask our Lord to keep them accountable to Him.
 
I don’t think anyone here can give you a recommendation as most, if not all, of these watchdog organizations have an axe to grind against the Church.
 
If not all?

I greatly value personal responsibility and the responses here are disappointing to say the least.
 
You have introduced a term: accountability group. You expect us to know what it means. @po18guy and I have asked you what it means, how it works, etc., and rather than answer our honest, well-meant questions, you have rephrased the question.

Also regarding these:
WillPhillips said:
Surprised at the lack of responses
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Here on the East Coast, it’s the middle of the night. Be patient. I’m only here at all because I fell asleep for a few hours with my computer in my lap and now I’m about to go to bed. Why don’t we both check back on your thread in about 12 hours?
 
My issue with the concept is that an accountability group has a measure of power whether implicit or explicit over its subject. If one was to propose a group of, I presume, mostly or all laity to keep Church leadership to account thequestion is clearly, “On whose authority?”
There is a presumption with your question that there should be someone watching the Church. Well rest assured there is. Christ Jesus is watching. No earthly group can do better or be better than that.
 
AlmaRedemptorisMater said:
My issue with the concept is that an accountability group has a measure of power whether implicit or explicit over its subject.
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You have an issue with the concept of church leaders being held accountable!?

Honestly I’m a bit amazed by these responses. Not one answer to my question about a group seeking accountability.
 
I’ve told you multiple times the Church is being held accountable by Christ Himself. Is that not enough for you?
 
AlmaRedemptorisMater said:
I’ve told you multiple times the Church is being held accountable by Christ Himself. Is that not enough for you?
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Your implication that we should just back off and not hold these people accountable is (quite frankly) a major part of the problem, I’d say.
 
You saying ‘these people’ as if you have some sort of authority or right over them is indicative of the rot of modernism in the Church and in society. Thankfully, the victory is already won.
 
Of course we have authority over those who commit crimes and harm others. I could reference the Church here.
 
Cruciferi said:
You should use Google and perform your own research on the matter.
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Why do you spend the effort to make such responses to strangers?

I’ll take this to mean you don’t have any answers to my OP. Please allow others to comment.
 
Again, if anyone has a resource or recommendations for “accountability” organizations, I’d be grateful. I know of a few (bishopaccountability.org, snap, etc) but I hear there are many.

This seems a hostile forum to this question so if you want to PM me please do. Just looking to expand my understanding of the Catholic landscape.
 
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WillPhillips said:
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Lion_IRC:
…prevent the criminal acts of individuals (hypothetically)…
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You lost me at “hypothetically”. This is a post about accountability.
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Now now.
Don’t be coy here pal!
You’re the one who is making the passive aggressive insinuations about the incompetence of the laity in this area, and dropping snide ‘bueller’ gifs into the thread as if The Church owes you a smorgasbord of ‘accountability’ groups so you can then proceed to tear them down for their failure(s) to meet your subjective standard.

Now - bueller - answer my post.
And stop with the gutless/disingenuous…me no understand the word hypothetical routine.
 
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WillPhillips said:
This seems a hostile forum to this question so if you want to PM me please do. Just looking to expand my understanding of the Catholic landscape.
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Why would anyone PM you, since you have already made a nasty and IMHO false and definitely improper for this forum public accusation, about a person sending you PMs?

This whole thread seems to be in very bad faith.
 
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