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	Diocese: We Meet Standards for Preventing Child Sex Abuse Press-Gazette [Green Bay WI] January 26, 2007 http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070126/GPG0101/70126075/1207/GPGnews An independent audit has found the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay to be fully complying with U.S. bishops' standards for screening and education programs for preventing the sexual abuse of children involved in church activities. It is the fourth consecutive year that the Green Bay diocese has met the national standards, Bishop David A. Zubik said today in a press release. The audit was conducted by the Gavin Group, a non-church firm from Winthrop, Mass. Two auditors visited Green Bay for four days in November to review how the diocese communicates with abuse victims, handles allegations of abuse, conducts background checks and provides education programs. The auditors interviewed Zubik, other ordained and lay church employees and members of the diocese's Independent Review Board, which examines allegations of sexual abuse. Zubik said bishops last year were given a choice of doing a self-audit or having an independent audit. He said he chose the latter "because I believe firmly in the value of haing outside, objective eyes evaluate our work." The press release said the diocese has, since April 2003, done more than 17,000 background checks on staff members and volunteers and conducted 472 training sessions on sexual abuse prevention.
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