| Resolution Number: | 1985-B014 |
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| Title: | Direct Bishops to Establish Workshops for Clergy on Child Abuse |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That where legally and pastorally appropriate, each Bishop be requested to direct an appropriate body within his diocese to establish and conduct training workshops for clergy to enable better recognition of the indications of child abuse and child sexual abuse, and for the purpose of orienting the clergy to their own community's resources for dealing with this sensitive issue; and be it further
Resolved, That said workshops be repeated periodically in each diocese in order that new clergy be included.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Anaheim, 1985 (New York: General Convention, 1986), p. 594. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Social and Urban Affairs |
House of Bishops
Original Text of Resolution:
(B014)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That each Bishop be requested to direct an appropriate body within his diocese to establish and conduct training workshops for clergy to enable better recognition of the indications of child abuse and child sexual abuse, and for the purpose of orienting the clergy to their own community's resources for dealing with this sensitive issue; and be it further
Resolved, That said workshops be repeated periodically in each diocese in order that new clergy be included.
Proposed Committee Amendment:
In the first Resolved following the words "concurring, That":
insert the phrase "where legally and pastorally appropriate,".
Seconded by Bishop of the Rio Grande.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #10)
House of Deputies
The Committee on Social and Urban Affairs presented its Report #66 on Resolution B014 Amended (Child Abuse) and moved concurrence with HB Message #10.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #240)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, September 14.
| Abstract: | The 68th General Convention requests that dioceses conduct workshops to help clergy recognize child abuse. |
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