Protection of Children and Youth

Protecting children, youth and vulnerable adults is of highest importance at St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church, as is the healing process for victims of abuse. Below are resources and events created to keep children, youth and vunerable adults safe and to start a healing process for those affected by abuse.

Claim Filing Deadline: August 3, 2015
A federal bankruptcy judge has ordered that all creditors with sexual abuse and other claims against the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis should file their claims by August 3, 2015.Click here for more information and forms.

VIRTUS: Protecting God’s Children for Adults Awareness Session Information:
Click here to find and register for a VIRTUS Protecting God’s Children for Adults Awareness Session near you.

Office of Ministerial Standards and Safe Environment:
The Archdiocese of St. Paul & Minneapolis Office of Ministerial Standards and Safe Environment works with community to address the devastating societal problem of the sexual abuse of minors and vulnerable adults by implementing abuse prevention programs, immediately reporting allegations of abuse to law enforcement and/or child/adult protection officials, and cooperating fully with their investigations, and helping those affected by abuse in their healing journey.
Interested in learning mor? Visit the site of the Office of Ministerial Standards and Safe Environment.

Listening Session at SJTW:
Thank you to everyone who attended the Listening Session during the summer of 2014 to show support for survivors of clergy sex abuse. The survivors were overwhelmed by the attendance and visibly moved by the caring response of the audience. Many of those present expressed interest in taking action that would encourage genuine change in the church and end the abuse of power that has enabled the criminal sexual misconduct of priests and their protection by the hierarchy to go largely unchallenged for decades. Please remember: Every action, no matter how small, makes a difference! Add your voice to that of the survivors and be part of healing our church.
Click here for contact information to call, write or email comments.

ARCHDIOCESE OF ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS, 651-291-4400. Letters to: Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Attn: Father Krenik, 226 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55102. Emails to: krenikm@archspm.org (Archbishop's assistant Father Krenik)

APOSTOLIC NUNCIO OF THE HOLY SEE TO THE UNITED STATES, 202-333-7121. Emails to: nuntiususa@nuntiususa.org. Letters (preferred) to: H.E. Most Rev. Carlo Vigano, Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See, 3339 - Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20008

RAMSEY COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY, 651-266-3222
Emails to: RCA@co.ramsey.mn.us. Letters to: Ramsey County Attorney (John Choi), Lowry Hotel Building, Suite 120, 345 Wabasha St. North, St. Paul, MN 55102

RESOURCES FOR CLERGY SEX ABUSE SURVIVORS:
SNAP (Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests)
Contact Frank Meuers (Twin Cities SNAP representative) at frankameuers@gmail.com. Website: SNAPnetwork.org

ARCHDIOCESE ADVOCATE FOR VICTIM ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR, Greta Sawyer, 651-291-4497

Please contact Susan Rivard at 763-559-5873 or susanrivard5873@gmail.com or Jane Warren at 763-494-5528 or janewarren1@gmail.com with questions or if know of a parish that wants to host a Listening Session.