Protecting Our Children: Providing Safe Environments

“The sex­ual abuse of chil­dren and young peo­ple by some priests and bish­ops, and the ways in which we bish­ops addressed these crimes and sins, have caused enor­mous pain, anger, and con­fu­sion. Inno­cent vic­tims and their fam­i­lies have suf­fered ter­ri­bly.… From the depths of our hearts, we bish­ops express great sor­row and pro­found regret for what the Catholic peo­ple are endur­ing.”
(Pre­am­ble, U.S.C.C.B. Char­ter for the Pro­tec­tion of Chil­dren and Young Peo­ple)

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 2020.

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