Rev. Wendell S. Searles

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  AuditComplianceReport - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/6/2004    Last Visited: 7/17/2008  

  Outreach is coordinated through the Victim Assistance Committee, established December 2003 and is comprised of Father Wendell H. Searles, the Vicar General and three women, experienced in counseling.Father Searles also serves as the Victim Assistance Coordinator.The Committee offers to have the Bishop, or his designee, meet with the victim.A recommendation was issued for more timely outreach and follow-up with victims.

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  AuditRecommendations - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/13/2003    Last Visited: 7/17/2008  

  The auditors made six recommendations that "were no big surprises" because most deal with clarifying written policies for official procedures, explained Father Wendell H. Searles, vicar general for the Diocese of Burlington.
  
  Diocesan officials are already implementing the recommendations, and Father Searles said he did "not anticipate any immediate problems" with that implementation.
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  During the auditors' visit to Vermont, they interviewed eight persons including Burlington Bishop Kenneth A. Angell, Father Searles, a victim, staff of the Vermont attorney general's office and members of the diocesan misconduct review board.
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  Auditors took a "thorough look" at what the diocese is doing to implement the bishops' charter, Father Searles said.

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  CampTaraHolyCross - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/14/2003    Last Visited: 7/17/2008  

  Diocesan Vicar General, Reverend Wendell Searles, who chaired both task forces, announced that $1,000,000 realized from the recent sale of the former Camp St. Joseph will subsidize the new camping program.Another $350,000 will be reserved for capital improvements.Said Father Searles:
  
  "We are delighted with the merger of these two fine camps, which will enable us to unite forces and finances in order to achieve maximum service to the Youth of Vermont."
  
  Father Searles also announced that the future of the present Camp Tara property will be determined by the Diocesan Administrative Board.
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  Father Searles indicated that the merger of the two camps is one component of a larger plan for a Diocesan Center.He said:
  
  "The mandate given to our task force at the beginning was to study and to recommend the consolidation of our three lakefront properties and our two camping programs at Malletts Bay, with a view to a better and broader use of our diocesan resources."
  
  Father Searles said the first recommendation of the Task Force was to sell Camp Saint Joseph which was not being used for any diocesan ministry and on which property taxes were being paid.This was implemented and the proceeds will be used for the development of the newly consolidated camp and the development of the Diocesan Center.
  
  The Task Force's second challenge was to find a way to effectively consolidate the two camping programs and, in doing so, to preserve the special ministry of Camp Tara to underprivileged children.These recommendations were accepted and plans are already underway for the 2004 camping season with a consolidated camp.Commented Father Searles: "The mission of Camp Tara will continue."
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  Added Father Searles:
  
  "Still another concern is the possibility of using a portion of diocesan properties to help meet housing needs, such as subsidized housing, eldercare facilities, etc. "
  
  Most Reverend Kenneth A. Angell, Bishop of Burlington, expressed gratitude to Fr. Searles and the entire special Task Force, and praised their excellent work:
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  Reverend Wendell Searles, Vicar GeneralRoman Catholic Diocese of Burlington(802) 658-6110, Ext. 231

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  Contacts - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/18/2002    Last Visited: 11/18/2002  

  Fr. Wendell Searles100 Mansfield AvenueBurlington, VT 05401802-658-6110

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  Diocese of Burlington VT 2003 Audit - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/1/2003    Last Visited: 11/7/2008  

  Outreach is coordinated through the victim assistance committee, which was established in December 2002 and comprises Fr. Wendell Searles, the vicar general, and three women with experience in counseling. Searles also serves as the victim assistance coordinator. The committee offers to have the bishop, or his designee, meet with the victim/ survivor. A Recommendation was issued for more timely outreach and follow-up with victims/survivors.

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  Sexual Misconduct Policy - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/17/2008    Last Visited: 7/17/2008  

  Reverend Wendell S. Searles, Vicar GeneralRoman Catholic Diocese of Burlington1-800-325-9533

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  Stowe, Vermont - The Stowe Reporter - Community - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/13/2002    Last Visited: 12/13/2002  

  Father Wendell Searles of the Catholic Diocese of Burlington said the bishop traditionally gives mass at a church outside the Burlington area during the holiday, adding that his visit has as much to do with that tradition as it does with the fight to keep the church open.
  
  "When the decision was made about discontinuing mass in Johnson, we told the congregation it would be opened for special occasions, and this is certainly one of those special occasions," Searles said."The bishop is very aware of what the church is going through, and he is sympathetic to that.Christmas is one of the special cases though."
  
  St. John was shut down and the congregation urged to attend services elsewhere this fall after the diocese decided it could not staff the turn of the century facility.The diocese blamed the decision on a shortage of priests.

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  TV Mass Archives - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/28/2001    Last Visited: 2/7/2008  

  The Mass will be con-celebrated by Bishop Kenneth A. Angell, Reverends Wendell Searles, Walter Miller and Bernard Depeaux.

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