The International Safeguarding Conference (ICS) Steering Committee is hosting a series of “webinars”, entitled “A Safer Church”, that will focus on sharing safeguarding best practices, especially in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The series will begin with a web seminar on the topic “Safeguarding during Covid-19: A Victim’s Perspective”.
One of the goals of the “Safer Church” webinars is to encourage the Church and other faith-based organizations to keep safeguarding children and vulnerable adults as a priority.
“I think this is a concern that pertains to the whole society,” says Father Hans Zollner, SJ, the President of the Centre for Child Protection (CCP) at the Pontifical Gregorian University, who serves as a member of the ICS Steering Committee. “Civil society has also a huge question mark behind the continuation of safeguarding efforts, and deployment of resources and personnel to this vital area of society’s life.” He adds, “The same is true also for the Church”.