Daniel_Cheung
10-11-2009, 12:56 PM
Catholic Church has 'fundamentally changed' stance on sex abuse claims
http://wwrn.org/article.php?idd=31716
Nearly every Catholic parish in England now has a child protection officer, specifically tasked with contacting statutory agencies following an allegation of sex abuse.
Ninety six per cent of the 2,659 Roman Catholic parishes in England and Wales now has a safeguarding representative. Their job is also to ensure every volunteer for Church work with children and young people undergoes a Criminal Record Bureau check.
Last year, the Church carried out 17,000 CRB checks. Eighty-three showed that the volunteers had criminal convictions. According to the annual report of the National Catholic Safeguarding Commission, and the Catholic Safeguarding Advisory Service, the Catholic Church?s child protection offices, this means that in 2008 the Catholic Church in England and Wales was one of the top 10 offices nationwide to carry out CRB checks. ...
http://wwrn.org/article.php?idd=31716
Nearly every Catholic parish in England now has a child protection officer, specifically tasked with contacting statutory agencies following an allegation of sex abuse.
Ninety six per cent of the 2,659 Roman Catholic parishes in England and Wales now has a safeguarding representative. Their job is also to ensure every volunteer for Church work with children and young people undergoes a Criminal Record Bureau check.
Last year, the Church carried out 17,000 CRB checks. Eighty-three showed that the volunteers had criminal convictions. According to the annual report of the National Catholic Safeguarding Commission, and the Catholic Safeguarding Advisory Service, the Catholic Church?s child protection offices, this means that in 2008 the Catholic Church in England and Wales was one of the top 10 offices nationwide to carry out CRB checks. ...