SJV Protecting Gods Children

Abuse Reporting click here

Awareness Sessions Registration click here

Overview of the Touching Safety Program click here

A Guide for Parents, Guardians, and Other Adults click here

Lesson #6 Grooming - Recognizing risky adult behavior

Grades K to 2 click here
Grades 3 to 5 click here
Grades 6 to 8 click here
Grades 9 to 12 click here

USCCB Charter on Protecting God's Children

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Diocese participates in volunteer survey
USCCB releases clergy sex abuse data gathered in 2006 CARA report

The annual report compiled by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) on compliance with the U.S. Bishops’ Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People was released today. The CARA report contains clergy sex abuse data collected from dioceses throughout the country. The Diocese of Grand Rapids participates each year in the voluntary survey.
The results of the national survey are available on the USCCB Web site (http://www.usccb.org/ocyp). More