​Child and Youth Protection

St. Nicholas, protector and ​patron saint of children.

Safe Environment Program Protocol Pro­tect­ing Our Chil­dren, What We’re Doing:
The Dio­cese of Stock­ton has had a pol­icy to address issues of sex­ual abuse of minors since 1987. This pol­icy has under­gone peri­odic
revi­sion, most recently in 2009.For infor­ma­tion on the var­i­ous
train­ing com­po­nents and pro­to­cols estab­lished to pro­tect our
​chil­dren and young peo­ple, con­tact the Train­ing Coor­di­na­tor: 

 Cathy Lagomarsino  209/466‑0636

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Training protocol for clergy, employees and volunteers who provide direct services
to or have unsupervised contact with children:
  As mandated or ethical reporters of child abuse, all clergy, employees and volunteers, before working unsupervised with children, will be required to
complete the following:
  

• Complete the Live Scan process which includes fingerprinting and background check and receive a clearance from the Safe Environment Training Manager’s Office.

• Complete the online training course “Shield the Vulnerable” and present a certificate of completion to the parish Safe Environment Coordinator.

Included in the online training is a condensed version of the "Diocese of Stockton Standards of Conduct for Those Working with Children and Young People", which needs to be reviewed before being able to complete the course.

• All Clergy are required to read and sign the Pastoral Code of Conduct.

All policies, procedures and Codes of Conduct are outlined in detail on the Diocesan website.
https://stocktondiocese.org/diocesan-departments/protecting-our-children/working-with-children

 Train­ing pro­to­col for chil­dren and youth in the Dio­cese of Stock­ton

All chil­dren and youth attend­ing parochial schools within the Dio­cese of Stock­ton, ages K-8, and high school, and also all chil­dren and youth attend­ing reli­gious edu­ca­tion classes within the Dio­cese of Stock­ton will be required to receive the safety cur­ricu­lum. The cur­ricu­lum used is ti­tled Circle of Grace; it is age-appropriate and includes reli­gious teach­ings.   

For more infor­ma­tion con­tact Cathy Lagomarsino, Dioce­san Safe Envi­ron­ment Train­ing Man­ager at 209/466‑0636.

Reporting Claims to the Dio­cese
  
The Dio­cese of Stock­ton treats all com­plaints of sex­ual abuse seri­ously and deals with such alle­ga­tions in a con­fi­den­tial, prompt, and thor­ough man­ner with com­pas­sion and con­sid­er­a­tion for all those involved. To make a com­plaint of sex­ual abuse against any­one act­ing in the name of the Catholic Church, you may do so in writ­ing or by tele­phone. Whether the abuse was recent or occurred many years in the  past, con­tact:

The Vic­tim Assis­tance Coor­di­na­tor at 855/566-7262 or cdragun@stocktondiocese.org. 

Or in writ­ing marked “Con­fi­den­tial” and directed to the atten­tion of the Vic­tim Assis­tance Coordinator at:
     212 N. San Joaquin St.
     Stock­ton, CA. 95202–2409, .

Dio­cese of Stock­ton Vic­tim Assis­tance Coor­di­na­tor: Cynthia Dragun

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