In June of 2011, I came across a satirical blog post that contained the text of the FBFI's actual condemnation of abuse in the Roman Catholic Church, and which poked at the notion that the FBFI would be reluctant to use such strong words against anything its own members might have done.
The wit of this post caused a friend of mine to suggest that we put together a suitable resolution to send to the leaders of the FBFI conference. The idea seemed good. We had little time to act, but we produced a proposed resolution that covers a lot of positive ground, hastily found a way to garner signatures, and then sent the proposal to the group while they were assembled.
The net result of the resolution was threefold. First, it sparked a great deal of discussion. This discussion looks like it will go on for some time to come. Second, it led to an unexpected social meltdown among different factions of survivors, brought on by the rumor that this proposal was a backdoor effort by the IFB to put forth an inadequate resolution. Third, it provoked absolutely no official response from the FBFI, as we had both predicted and expected. Due to the intense turmoil among survivors, none were anxious to address the issue any further. In sum, the legacy appears ambivalent.
The entire effort lasted only a little longer than a weekend. The suggestion for a resolution will remain archived here on the web until such considerations are taken seriously.
