September 27, 2005

Manchester diocese names child safety coordinator

MANCHESTER (NH)
The Union Leader

MANCHESTER — Sister Kathleen Haight will serve as coordinator of Safe Environment Programs for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester, the diocese announced yesterday.

Haight, a member of the Sisters of Mercy religious order, will assist Safe Environment Coordinators in parishes and schools statewide to implement the diocese’s child safety and sexual abuse policies.

She also will plan and coordinate training sessions for adults, teenagers in ministry with children, and other personal safety programs for children and their parents.

Haight most recently worked in parish ministry at St. Patrick-St. Joachim parish in Newport from 1998 to 2003 and was certified as a pastoral associate in the Manchester diocese.

Posted by kshaw at September 27, 2005 08:27 AM