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	The Audit Report National Survivor Advocate Coalition April 12, 2011 http://nationalsurvivoradvocatescoalition.wordpress.com/editorials/ The National Survivor Advocates Coalition (NSAC) calls your attention to two sections of the Audit Report on compliance with the US Bishops Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People. NSAC has added the italics. "LIMITATIONS/PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED Completeness/Accuracy As in past years, in order to reach a conclusion of compliance or noncompliance, both types of audits relied on the completeness and accuracy of the information provided to the auditors by diocesan/eparchial personnel. For those audits performed on-site, the auditors did not examine personnel files or other confidential materials. Additionally, though the auditors reviewed many documents while on-site, a notation on the respective audit response letter to the diocese/eparchy from The Gavin Group, Inc. stated that the conclusions reached as to the compliance of the diocese/eparchy with the Charter were based on the completeness and accuracy of the information furnished by the diocese/eparchy to The Gavin Group, Inc. Timeliness The dioceses/eparchies that participated in the twothirds data collection audits were instructed to submit the completed audit documents to the auditor by August 31, 2010. As in prior audit periods, that deadline was not met by a significant number of dioceses/eparchies. To complicate matters, requests for clarification by the auditors were often not addressed by diocesan personnel in a timely manner. The late submission of audit documents by some of the dioceses/eparchies participating in the data collection audits also had a tendency to include numbers that fell outside the parameters of the audit, thus taking more time than normally allotted for the data collection." If you think this information gives comfort to Catholic parents and grandparents and shows the strong dedication of the leaders of the faith to protect children, please do nothing. BUT, if you think just these two sections of the audit give you a different picture, please write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper and your local Catholic paper and speak out. It will only take a few minutes. Most letters can be submitted via the Internet. It's about the protection of children. Kristine Ward, Chair, NSAC
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