KANSAS CITY (MO)
National Catholic Reporter
June 1, 2018
By Brian Roewe
The annual audit of the U.S. bishops’ Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People revealed that the number of allegations and alleged victims “decreased significantly” from recent years, but also warned of “worrisome signs” of growing complacency in the prevention of child sexual abuse.
The charter, also called the Dallas Charter, requires the bishops to annually audit compliance with the charter and make the audit report public. The report was released June 1 by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
The audit was conducted by StoneBridge Business Partners from July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017. The Rochester, New York, firm has overseen the audit since 2011. Its contract extends through the 2019 audit. The bishops’ conference in April opened a search for its next auditor.
The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, or CARA, at Georgetown University collects information from the dioceses and eparchies on new allegations of sexual abuse of minors and the clergy against whom these allegations were made.
The full report is available on the bishops’ conference website.
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