CHICAGO (IL)
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago
Doerr Joins from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Chicago, IL (January 22, 2016) – Archbishop Blase J. Cupich today announced the appointment of Mary Jane Doerr as the Director of the Office for the Protection of Children and Youth. The appointment is effective beginning on February 8, 2016. Ms. Doerr was Associate Director in the Secretariat of Child and Youth Protection of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). Ms. Doerr replaces Jan Slattery, who recently retired after ten years in this position.
“We are pleased to have attracted a national leader in child protection to the Archdiocese of Chicago,” said Blase J. Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago. “We look to Ms. Doerr to continue and build on the fine work of Jan Slattery. Over her tenure, Jan established a nationally recognized approach to preventing abuse, and led an office that provides help and healing to victims and their families and cooperates with civil authorities in a prompt and transparent manner.”
Ms. Doerr, who joined the USCCB in 2008, supported dioceses across the country in implementing their safe environment programs and assisted in the development of mechanisms to audit adherence to the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People. Ms. Doerr served as the Safe Environment Coordinator for the Diocese of Kalamazoo for five years, where she was responsible for implementing the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People in all diocesan parishes and schools. Additionally, she has more than 20 years’ experience in Catholic school systems as a classroom teacher, an elementary school principal and a college instructor.
A native of Chicago Heights, Ms. Doerr attended Marian Catholic High School in Chicago Heights. She holds a BA in Behavioral Sciences from Nazareth College, Kalamazoo and a MA in Educational Leadership from Western Michigan University.
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