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Pittsburgh Catholic
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
By William Cone Editor
Auditors from StoneBridge Business Partners of Rochester, New York, plan to visit the Diocese of Pittsburgh soon to interview people and do spot inspections in parishes to examine compliance with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People.”
The diocese participates in a paper audit every year, and every third year a group from StoneBridge spends a week auditing safe environment policies and procedures, said Phyllis Haney, director of the diocesan Office for the Protection of Children and Young People. The last on-site audit was in October 2014.
“They will be talking with everyone involved with safe environments and going out to audit about 10 parishes/schools for compliance,” she said.
“We have to provide data based on each article of the charter,” Haney said. “When the auditors come here, we provide them with the documentation that backs up the data.”
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