| Resolution Number: | 2022-A067 |
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| Title: | Authorize and Support Interim Use and Adaptation of Model Harassment Prevention Policy |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 80th General Convention direct the Executive Council to provide for the support and encouragement of the interim use and adaptation of the Model Policy to Prevent Harassment (https://extranet.generalconvention.org/staff/files/download/30555) by dioceses, congregations, and affiliated institutions; and be it further
Resolved, That the Best Practices Guide and Model Policy to Prevent Harassment (https://extranet.generalconvention.org/staff/files/download/30555) be hosted on the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society [DFMS] Safe Church website. The website shall be adapted and monitored so that it becomes a site for on-going creation and curation of feedback from experimental use and local adaptation of the Best Practices Guide and Model Policy to Prevent Harassment throughout TEC during the next triennium; and be it further
Resolved, That dioceses, congregations, and affiliated institutions report their feedback and recommendations for further development on the basis of their practice to the DFMS hosted Safe Church website.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Baltimore, 2022 (New York: General Convention, 2023), p. 840. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | Task Force to Develop Model Sexual Harassment Policies and Safe Church Training |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Sexual Harassment, Sexual Exploitation, and Safeguarding |
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Sexual Harassment, Sexual Exploitation, and Safeguarding presented its Report #6 on Resolution A067 (Authorize and Support Interim Use and Local Adaptation of Model Anti-Harassment Policy in Light of Best Practices Guide) and moved adoption with amendment.
Original Text of Resolution:
(A067)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring,
That the 80th General Convention direct the Executive Council to provide for the support and encouragement of the interim use and adaptation of the Model Policy to Prevent Harassment by dioceses, congregations, and affiliated institutions; and be it further
Resolved, That the Best Practices Guide and Model Policy be hosted on the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society [DFMS] Safe Church website. The website shall be adapted and monitored so that it becomes a site for on-going creation and curation of feedback from experimental use and local adaptation of the Best Practices Guide and Model Policy throughout TEC during the next triennium; and be it further
Resolved, That dioceses, congregations, and affiliated institutions report their feedback and recommendations for further development on the basis of their practice to the DFMS hosted Safe Church website.
Committee Amendment:
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring,
That the 80th General Convention direct the Executive Council to provide for the support and encouragement of the interim use and adaptation of the Model Policy to Prevent Harassment (https://extranet.generalconvention.org/staff/files/download/30555) by dioceses, congregations, and affiliated institutions; and be it further
Resolved, That the Best Practices Guide and Model Policy to Prevent Harassment (https://extranet.generalconvention.org/staff/files/download/30555) be hosted on the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society [DFMS] Safe Church website. The website shall be adapted and monitored so that it becomes a site for on-going creation and curation of feedback from experimental use and local adaptation of the Best Practices Guide and Model Policy to Prevent Harassment throughout TEC during the next triennium; and be it further
Resolved, That dioceses, congregations, and affiliated institutions report their feedback and recommendations for further development on the basis of their practice to the DFMS hosted Safe Church website.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #47)
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Sexual Harassment, Sexual Exploitation, and Safeguarding presented its Report #11 on HD Message #47 on Resolution A067 (Authorize and Support Interim Use and Local Adaptation of Model Anti-Harassment Policy in Light of Best Practices Guide) and moved concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #359)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 10.
| Report Reference: | Task Force to Develop Model Sexual Harassment Policies and Safe Church Training, Reports to the 80th General Convention, 2022, pp. 1106-1140. |
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| Source Document: | The Episcopal Church, Model Policy to Prevent Harassment Source Citation: https://www.episcopalarchives.org/e-archives/gc_reports/reports/2022/bb_2022-R050.pdf. Last accessed 10/30/2023. |
| Abstract: | The 80th General Convention directs the Executive Council to support the interim use and adaptation of the Model Policy to Prevent Harassment by dioceses, congregations, and affiliated institutions and that both the Model Policy and the Best Practices Guide be hosted on the DFMS Safe Church website. |
| Notes: | Many resolutions concurred by the House of Bishops on Day 3 resulted in two messages being sent to the House of Deputies. The Acts of Convention followed the Journal Editor’s lead in using the second message number as the official message. House of Bishops Message #359 was preceded by House of Bishops Message #293. |