Safe Environment Policies and Procedures

A reminder to all faithful of the Archdiocese of New Orleans that all Safe Environment policies for the protection of children and young people are online and available at https://nolacatholic.org/safe-environment.

If you have any questions about the Safe Environment policies or about upcoming trainings, please contact the Safe Environment Coordinator at (504) 861-6278. To reach the Victims Assistance Coordinator, please call (504) 861-6253.

To learn more about this issue and what the church locally and nationally is doing to create safe environments for children, youth, and vulnerable populations, visit the USCCB site for Child and Youth Protection at http://www.usccb.org/about/child-and-youth-protection/.

To read more about the national efforts to protect children, read Peter Finney, Jr.'s recent Clarion Herald commentary: Church’s safe environment reforms merit respect.

For more information about the most recent announcement of allegations of abuse, please click here to access Archbishop Aymond's open letter to the faithful of New Orleans.