In response to new Pennsylvania child protection laws, the Diocese of
Pittsburgh now requires FBI background checks and fingerprinting of all
diocesan clergy, employees and many volunteers. This is in addition to
the state child abuse and criminal background checks that the diocese
has required for more than a decade.
To make these new requirements easier for volunteers and employees, the diocese has purchased a mobile fingerprint unit that can be taken to parishes and schools. At the same time, the diocese has instituted online training for its required “Protecting God’s Children” course and also for the mandated reporter training now required for those who are legally obligated to report suspected child abuse. Links to that training can be found at www.diopitt.org in the left-hand column below “Protecting God’s Children.”
http://www.pittsburghcatholic.org/News/Diocese-to-fingerprint-all-clergy--workers-
To make these new requirements easier for volunteers and employees, the diocese has purchased a mobile fingerprint unit that can be taken to parishes and schools. At the same time, the diocese has instituted online training for its required “Protecting God’s Children” course and also for the mandated reporter training now required for those who are legally obligated to report suspected child abuse. Links to that training can be found at www.diopitt.org in the left-hand column below “Protecting God’s Children.”
http://www.pittsburghcatholic.org/News/Diocese-to-fingerprint-all-clergy--workers-