Resources
In August 2002, following the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People by the United States bishops, the members of CMSM made a commitment to apply the charter and norms to religious institutes. Praesidium, an independent youth safety organization, worked with CMSM to develop Standards for Accreditation of religious institutes of men.
The standards have been updated by Praesidium every four years in consultation with CMSM.
CMSM
- Standards for Accreditation (2020)
- Safeguarding Timeline (with links to CMSM statements)
- CMSM education (webinars, annual workshop, and more)
Charter/Norms and Annual Reports (USCCB)
- Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People and Essential Norms | Spanish
- Additional USCCB documents
- Annual Reports (religious and diocesan safeguarding data)
Vatican Documents
- Vatican website with links to these and additional safeguarding documents in multiple languages
- Vos estis lux mundi (2019 motu proprio, updated in 2023)
- Vademecum on certain points of procedure in treating cases of sexual abuse of minors by clerics (2020, updated 2022)
- Instruction on the Confidentiality of Legal Proceedings (2019)
- Sacramentorum Santitatis Tutela (2002 motu proprio)
Additional Child Protection Resources
- Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors (news, FAQs, events, norms and procedures, etc.)
- Centre for Child Protection of the Pontifical Gregorian University
- Union of Superiors General
- Virtus (online education)
- Child Abuse Prevention Month Resources: Federal | USCCB