CHICAGO (IL)
Daily Southtown
Angela Denk
Daily Southtown
The Archdiocese of Chicago announced Friday that Chicago Heights native and Marian Catholic High School graduate Mary Jan Doerr has been named director of its Office for the Protection of Children and Youth.
Her predecessor, Jan Slattery, held the position for a decade before retiring late last year.
According to a press release from the diocese, Doerr comes to the job with more than 20 years of experience in Catholic education, having taught at the elementary and college levels, and also having served previously as a school principal. She joined the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in 2008, and was previously appointed its director for the Secretariat of Child and Youth Protection.
Doerr also spent five years as the safe environment coordinator for the Diocese of Kalamazoo, Mich., where she was responsible for implementing the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People which, according to the USCCB website, “is a comprehensive set of procedures … for addressing allegations of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy.”
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