| Resolution Number: | 2018-A051 |
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| Title: | Add Safe Church Self-Audit Counts to Parochial Report |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That this 79th General Convention request the Committee on the State of the Church to add the following to the diocesan parochial report with respect to parish and congregation Safe Church Self-Audits as required by the Model Policies for the Protection of Children and Youth and the Model Policies for the Protection of Vulnerable Adults approved in 2017: (1) the total number of parish and congregation Safe Church Self-Audits expected to be submitted to the diocese, (2) the number of self-audits received by the diocese, (3) the number of outstanding self-audits, and (4) the date when outstanding self-audits are expected to be received.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Austin, 2018 (New York: General Convention, 2018), p. 362. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | Task Force to Update Sexual Misconduct Policies |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Congregational and Diocesan Vitality |
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Congregational and Diocesan Vitality presented its Report #4 on Resolution A051 (Modify Parochial Report) and moved adoption with amendment.
Original Text of Resolution:
(A051)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That this 79th General Convention request the Committee on the State of the Church to consider adding the following with respect to parish and congregation Safe Church Self-Audits as required by the Model Policies for the Protection of Children and Youth and the Model Policies for the Protection of Vulnerable Adults approved in 2017: (1) the total number of parish and congregation Safe Church Self-Audits expected to be submitted to the diocese, (2) the number of self-audits received by the diocese, (3) the number of outstanding self-audits, and (4) the date when outstanding self-audits are expected to be received.
Committee Amendment:
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That this 79th General
Convention request the Committee on the State of the Church to consider
adding the following to the diocesan parochial
report with respect to parish and congregation Safe Church
Self-Audits as required by the Model Policies for the Protection of
Children and Youth and the Model Policies for the Protection of Vulnerable
Adults approved in 2017: (1) the total number of parish and congregation Safe
Church Self-Audits expected to be submitted to the diocese, (2) the number of
self-audits received by the diocese, (3) the number of outstanding self-audits,
and (4) the date when outstanding self-audits are expected to be received.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #88)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Congregational and Diocesan Vitality presented its Report #1 on HB Message #88 on Resolution A051 (Modify Parochial Report) and moved concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #139)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 10.
| Report Reference: | Task Force to Update Sexual Misconduct Policies, Reports to the 79th General Convention, 2018, pp. 932-978. |
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| Abstract: | The 79th General Convention requests that the Committee on the State of the Church modify the diocesan parochial report to include counts for Safe Church Self-Audits. |