CCCB Guidelines:
Protecting Minors from Sexual Abuse:
A Call to the Catholic Faithful in Canada for Healing, Reconciliation and Transformation
Protecting Minors from Sexual Abuse: A Call to the Catholic Faithful in Canada for Healing, Reconciliation and Transformation. Protecting Minors from Sexual Abuse: A Call to the Catholic Faithful in Canada for Healing, Reconciliation and Transformation arises as a response by the Catholic Bishops of Canada concerning the need to update and expand their efforts at safeguarding pastoral environments and to improve responses to complaints regarding the sexual abuse of minors and vulnerable adults. Drawing on the experience of the leadership of the Catholic Church in Canada, on the expertise of numerous professionals, on the insights of victims, and on the latest canonical requirements of the Holy See, the present document will be an indispensable resoucre to those — be they clergy, consecrated persons, or laity — who, in view of their specific ecclesial responsibilities, hold positions of authroity and have oversight of pastoral staff and volunteers. This document will also be of insterest to the Catholic faithful at large as they participate in the Church’s efforts to undergo the purification and transformation which have become urgent in order for the Gospel to continue to be faithfully and credibly proclaimed and lived out in every community and at all levels of society.
– Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, CCCB Publication 2018
The pdf digital copy of the publication can be found below, as well as on our website under News and under Covenant of Care Icon on our Home Page. It can also be accessed on the direct link of the CCCB: https://www.cccb.ca/site/images/stories/pdf/Protecting_Minors_2018.pdf.