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	Archdiocese Responds to John Jay Report Catholic San Francisco May 24, 2011 http://www.catholic-sf.org/news_select.php?newsid=30&id=58604 This is an excerpt from a statement released by the Archdiocese of San Francisco in response to the John Jay College study on clergy abuse in the U.S. Here in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, as elsewhere in the church, many steps have been taken to combat this evil. As the study points out, providing safe environments for our young people is perhaps the most important way to prevent sexual abuse. In the archdiocese, we have checked the backgrounds of 15,376 adults. We also have trained 7,749 employees, 14,915 volunteers, 360 temps, and 2,699 parent-volunteers. In addition, we train every child in our schools and in our religious education programs every year. In 2010, 34,182 children (all ages) were trained to be aware of and avoid possibilities of sexual abuse. Also, our seminary formation program provides rigorous screening, and more intensive and comprehensive human and emotional development, which better prepares our future priests to live out their commitment to serving God and his church. The sexual abuse of minors is a tragedy that affects every family, religion, school, organization, institution and profession in our society. The Catholic Church in the U.S. has been noted as the first group anywhere to contract a professional agency -- in this case, John Jay College – to examine the "causes and contexts" of this scourge
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