| Resolution Number: | 2006-A086 |
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| Title: | Create and Disseminate Training Materials to Recognize and Respond to Abuse |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Substituted |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 75th General Convention instruct the Standing Commission on Ministry Development to create and disseminate training materials to assist leaders in ministry to recognize and respond to evidence of abuse; and be it further
Resolved, That the Standing Commission on Ministry Development report on this initiative to the 76th General Convention.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Columbus, 2006 (New York: General Convention, 2007), p. 511. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | Standing Commission on Ministry Development |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Ministry |
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Ministry presented its Report #7 on Resolution A086 (Committee for Pastoral Materials) and moved adoption of a substitute.
Original Text of Resolution:
(A086)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 75th General Convention authorize the Standing Commission on Ministry Development to create a committee that will facilitate the development of training materials for clergy regarding legal requirements for reporting and pastoral opportunities for responding to evidence of abuse; and be it further
Resolved, That members of the committee will include, but not be limited to, representatives from the Church Pension Group, the Standing Commission on Ministry Development, the Standing Commission on Constitution and Canons, the Executive Council Committee on the Status of Women, the Task Force on Aging, the Nathan Network, and the Institutional Wellness and the Prevention of Sexual Misconduct Task Force; and be it further
Resolved, That the Standing Commission on Ministry Development oversee this work and report to the 76th General Convention; and be it further
Resolved, That the General Convention request the Joint Standing Commission on Program, Budget and Finance to consider a budget allocation of $60,000 for implementation of this resolution.
Committee Substitute:
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 75th General Convention instruct the Standing Commission on Ministry Development to create and disseminate training materials to assist leaders in ministry to recognize and respond to evidence of abuse; and be it further
Resolved, That the Standing Commission on Ministry Development report on this initiative to the 76th General Convention.
A vote was taken on Resolution A086.
Motion carried
Substitute resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #94)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Ministry presented its Report #5 on HB Message #94 on Resolution A086 (Committee for Pastoral Materials) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #112)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, June 18.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Ministry Development, Reports to the 75th General Convention, 2006, pp. 226-266. |
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| Abstract: | The 75th General Convention instructs the Standing Commission on Ministry Development to create and disseminate training materials to recognize and respond to abuse. |