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Safe Environment Local Coordinators |
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Training sessions announced
The first training sessions for our Safe Environment Coordinators have been scheduled. Each parish and school should designate an individual as the Safe Environment Coordinator for the location. The coordinator will have access to the new ParishSOFT Safe Environment Program. This system will enable a location to search the entire diocesan database of training and screening records for employees and volunteers, and should make recordkeeping much easier and more efficient. Each location must have a registered user to access the system.
Register for one of the training sessions
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A Ten Year Progress Report - National Review Board |
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In 2002, the bishops of the United States approved the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People. Ten years later, there has been striking improvement in the Church's response to and treatment of victims. Children are safer now because of the creation of safe environments and action has been taken to permanently remove offenders from ministry. Yet, much work still needs to be done. The National Review Board (NRB) offers this report to the bishops and the faithful to highlight both what has been done and what is still needed to be done to protect children and restore trust. Read the entire report 
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Information for Volunteers |
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Information for Volunteers
As volunteers in the Diocese of Charlotte, we all have a role in protecting children, young people and vulnerable adults.
The diocese has adopted policies and procedures to safeguard those whose care has been entrusted to us. Click below to access all the forms, policies and other information for volunteers.
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Volunteers - Information, Policies and Forms |
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Volunteer Packet:
Download all the volunteer forms and policies in one document
 
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Forms for Volunteers:
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Volunteer Profile Form
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Background Check Release Form
Please be sure that your employer/volunteer location completes the top part of the release form. Background checks cannot be completed without this information.
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Acknowledgment Form - Sexual Misconduct Policy and Code of Ethics
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Policies to Protect Children and Young People:
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Sexual Misconduct Policy
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Code of Ethics
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Background Check Policy
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Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People
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Training - Protecting God's Children for Adults:
Designed to help adults recognize and prevent the sexual abuse of children. Mandatory for all employees and for all volunteers who have regular contact with children.
Pre-registration for workshops is required. To register online, go to www.virtusonline.org and click on "Registration".
Diocese of Charlotte Training Schedule 
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Ten Points for Protecting Children |
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TEN POINTS FOR PROTECTING CHILDREN
Teresa M. Kettelkamp
Executive Director
Secretariat of Child and Youth Protection
1. Sexual molestation is about the victim. Many people are affected when a priest abuses a minor, but the individual most impacted is the victim who has suffered a violation of trust that can affect his or her entire life. The abuser, the family of the abused, and the parish community are all affected by this sin and crime, but the primary person of concern must be the victim.
2. No one has the right to have access to children. If people wish to volunteer for the church, for example, in a parish or school, they must follow diocesan guidelines on background checks, safe environment training, policies and procedures, and codes of conduct. No one, no matter who they are, has an automatic right to be around children or young people who are in the care of the church without proper screening and without following the rules.
3. Common sense is not all that common. It is naive to presume that people automatically know boundaries so organizations and families have to spell them out. For example, no youth minister, cleric or other adult leader should be in a child's bedroom, alone with the child.
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