​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: 

 Isela Quezada  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 “Protecting Our Children” and present a certificate of completion to the parish Safe Environment Coordinator.

• All Clergy, staff, and volunteers are required to read and sign the "Code of Pastoral Conduct" and the "Diocese of Stockton Standards of Conduct for Those Working with Children and Young People".

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 Isela Quezada, 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 [email protected]. 

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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