Safeguard the Children

For the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People (as revised in 2005, 2011, and 2018), please click here.

 

All clergy, paid parish/school personnel and volunteers who work regularly in a supervisory role with children or youth must be fingerprinted.

For more information: https://lacatholics.org/fingerprinting/

 

Talk to your children about safety in bathrooms and cafeterias 

At school, bathrooms and cafeterias tend to have informal social rules that differ from those in the classroom. That is why parents should talk to their children about what to do in these settings, especially if bullying or some kind of abusive behavior is happening. Talk about what to do when a classmate says another student is not welcome to join a group at the lunch table, or what to do if another student engages in coercive behavior that puts someone else at risk. For more tips, request a copy of the VIRTUS^® article “Three Things That Simply Must Be Done” at lacatholics.org/did-you-know/.

Read the VIRTUS^® article, “Three Things That Simply Must Be Done” here.


For more Safeguard the Children "Did you Know?" please click here.