The changes will keep the “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People” focused “exclusively” on clergy abuse of minors, with a new document being developed to address abuse involving vulnerable adults.
US bishops approve updates to landmark child protection policies
Clergy abuse survivor on National Review Board seeks ‘paradigm shift’ on healing
Scott Surette, a devout Catholic and longtime owner of a home inspection firm, is on a mission to help renew the church as one of several recent appointees to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ National Review Board.
New review board chair: ‘We can’t be satisfied’ until there is zero abuse in church
Retired FBI official James Bogner was recently named chair of the National Review Board, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ consultative safe environment body established in 2002 under the “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People,” also known as the Dallas Charter.
Study of priests shows distrust of bishops, fear of false abuse accusations
The study, unveiled at The Catholic University of America in Washington, documents the environment between priests and their bishops in light of the “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People” instituted in 2002 by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.