In 1994 the local committees that appoint lay magistrates were revised and made more accountable.
In Palm Beach, when the second of two bishops there resigned after being accused of abusing teenage boys, the diocese appointed a lay panel to review its handling of the scandal.
Similarly, many laypeople say that a cardinal-appointed lay commission on sexual abuse has come up with some much-needed policies.
Officials in several dioceses said they were preparing to appoint their lay committees, which church officials often call lay review boards.
The commission should look at extending the scope and remit of magistrates: a system in England, established almost 700 years ago by Edward I, to appoint voluntary lay people (justices of the peace), advised by a qualified lawyer, to administer prompt justice at reasonable cost.
Dr. Paul R. McHugh, a psychiatrist who has been appointed to the lay board set up by the Catholic bishops to review the plan on sexual abuse developed in Dallas, is to be complimented for criticizing therapists who use specious repressed-memory therapy techniques.
Under the direction of an appointed facility manager, lay counsellors provide CT services on a part-time basis under the supervision of facility managers.
On the appointed morning he lies in wait with his camera while she shows up in tennis whites, oversize sunglasses and a bad blond wig.
At the same time, an atheist group at Fort Bragg called Military Atheists and Secular Humanists, or MASH, has asked the Army to appoint an atheist lay leader at the base.
Many here questioned whether Archbishop Gomez, a theological conservative shaped by his membership in the movement Opus Dei, would move quickly to undo Cardinal Mahony's more liberal policies, like appointing women and lay people to powerful positions and supporting a robust AIDS ministry.
Today Archbishop Flynn reviewed the bishops' progress toward removing priests from ministry, appointing a national lay review board in an effort to keep the bishops accountable, and preparing for teams of auditors, some former Federal Bureau of Investigation agents, who will arrive in each diocese to check whether the bishops are complying with the new policies.
