St. Paul's, Paisley

Theresa Rodger



Elaine Moore

 

St. Peter's, Paisley


Susan Toal

Thérèse MacCormack
 

https://ingodsimage.bcos.org.uk/

DAY OF PRAYER FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED ABUSE
The Bishops of Scotland have established A Day of Prayer for those who have suffered abuse to be marked each year on the Friday following Ash Wednesday. 

AH WEDNESDAY 
26 FEBRUARY 2020

DAY OF PRAYER
FRIDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2020

A Service of Acknowledgement,
Prayer and Reflection
was held in St. Peter's
to remember all victims.

Please remember all victims in your prayers.

For the attention of
all those with 
"CHURCH"
PVG CERTIFICATES

The Diocesan Safeguarding Advisory Group has recommended that all volunteers doing regulated work with children and vulnerable adults or, both, should do Level 1 training  and, with the agreement of Bishop John, this will now be implemented as Diocesan policy. 

To register for a training session
please contact
Diocesan Safeguarding Office
safeguardingadmin@rcdop.org.uk
or 0141 847 6138
  There will be limited space at each session, therefore volunteers should register
up to one week before the date of the training session.
 

Safeguarding -

The Declaration of Rome 

World Congress: 
Child Dignity in the Digital World

6 October 2017

Pope Francis —
“A society can be judged by the way it treats
its children.”

For the full text click on the link:

/documents/2017/10/
The%20Declaration%20of%20Rome...
October%202017.docx

The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry wants to hear from you if you can give any information about abuse of children in care, either of yourself or someone else. 

Please see notices on Notice Boards

Contact:  0800 0929300   
email:  talktous@childabuseinquiry.scot  
Visit: 
http://www.childabusinquiry.scot
Post:
SCAI, PO Box 24085, Edinburgh, EH7 9EA

https://www.bcos.org.uk/Policies/tabid/126/Default.aspx

DIOCESAN CONTACTS

Mrs Mary Keans
Safeguarding Advisor
07939486290
safeguardingadvisor@rcdop.org.uk

Mrs Sarah Jane Colhoun
Safeguarding Administrator
0141 847 6138
safeguardingadmin@rcdop.org.uk
 

Mrs Tina Campbell
National Safeguarding Co-ordinator
0141 332 7177
TCampbell@scottishcatholicsafeguarding.org.uk 

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“Annual Safeguarding Report Sunday 12 January 2020”:

The annual diocesan safeguarding report will be read out by parish safeguarding co-ordinators in all parishes at Masses on Sunday 12 January 2020.    Paisley Diocese and our parish welcome the special responsibility we have for all children, young people and vulnerable adults in our community.  

In our Church there are two posters. The first reaches out to survivors of abuse in the Church and invites them to contact our safeguarding team confidentially if they feel able. The Church has confidential and independent professional counselling services available to survivors of abuse within the Church.  We are also organising a presentation on Saturday 9 May 2020 by Fr Dominic Allain about the ‘Grief to Grace’ retreat. ‘Grief to Grace’ has helped many abuse survivors to find help and healing, as the testimonies on their website report.  https://www.grieftograceuk.org/

The second poster highlights our Safeguarding Manual with the contact details of your Parish Co-ordinator and the Diocesan Safeguarding Team.  Please contact your parish safeguarding co-ordinator or the Parish Priest if you have any concerns regarding the abuse or harm of any child, young person or vulnerable adult. 

Last year the Scottish Bishops published a new and improved safeguarding manual called ‘In God’s Image’ which includes developments in best practice and implements the recommendations of the McLellan Commission.  Our Diocesan trainers deliver ongoing training to volunteers, parish safeguarding co-ordinators (PSCs) and clergy. Since October 2016 they have trained 1,314 volunteers, as well as PSCs and clergy. Training promotes vigilance and ensures those working with children and vulnerable adults know the Church’s system for reporting disclosures or concerns they may receive.

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MARCH 2018:  

Response to The McLellan Commission

"In God’s Image: Safeguarding Manual for the Catholic Church in Scotland":

This week, along with his fellow bishops in Scotland, Bishop John signed into publication our new Safeguarding Policy for the years ahead. 
It will come into effect on the Feast of Mary, Mother of the Church, Monday 21 May. 
It is available online on our diocesan website. (Link below)

https://www.bcos.org.uk/Portals/0/In%20Gods%20Image%20WEB.pdf
 

At this time, as we introduce further procedures to keep safe our children and vulnerable adults we continue to keep in our hearts and prayers those among us still presently surviving from historic abuse.

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Safeguarding : Support & Help in Paisley Diocese

email:   safeguardingadvisor@rcdop.org.uk   

 Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor -   Tel:  07939486290

Annual Safeguarding Announcement: 2018                  
"Paisley diocese and our parish of St Peter welcome the special responsibility we have for all children, young people and vulnerable adults in our community. 

At all entry points to the church and the hall there are posters assuring all who enter that we appropriate safeguarding in this community.

The first reaches out to survivors of abuse in the Church and invites them to contact our safeguarding team confidentially if they feel able. The Church has confidential and independent professional counselling services for survivors of abuse within the Church. 

The second poster highlights our Safeguarding Manual with my contact details as your Parish Co-ordinator and the Diocesan Safeguarding Team. 

Please contact me or the Parish Priest with any concerns regarding the abuse or harm of any child, young person or vulnerable adult.

This year the Scottish Bishops published a new and improved safeguarding manual called ‘In God’s Image’ which includes developments in best practice, and implements the recommendations of the McLellan Commission. 

Our diocesan trainers deliver ongoing training to volunteers, parish safeguarding co-ordinators (PSCs) and clergy. Since October 2016 they have trained 1,140 volunteers,
as well as PSCs and clergy. Training promotes vigilance and ensures those working with children and vulnerable adults know the Church’s system for reporting disclosures or concerns they may receive.

The Scottish Church carries out an annual safeguarding audit to assess the safeguarding work being done in every parish and diocese. With effect from this year an Independent Review Group will scrutinise the audits of two dioceses a year."

The decision by the Scottish Government to bring forward new legislation after their named person proposals were declared unlawful by the UK Supreme Court, is to be welcomed. While acknowledging the Scottish Governments desire to protect vulnerable children, legislation must always balance protection with the right of parents and children to live a family life in private.     The original legislation failed to strike a reasonable balance, hopefully the proposed changes will remedy this failure. Ensuring that public bodies can only share information about children if it is likely to “promote, support or safeguard the wellbeing” of the child, seems a more sensible approach. It is reassuring to know that public bodies must consider whether sharing the information would be compatible with data protection, human rights and confidentiality laws. Respect for parental primacy must be at the heart of all government action, in this context, the fact that parents will not be forced to take the advice of a named person, as stated in the policy memorandum is also to be welcomed.

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http://www.scottishcatholicsafeguarding.org.uk
 
   274 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4JR         Tel: 0141 332 7177 

 

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The Bishops of Scotland have agreed unanimously to accept in full the recommendations of the McLellan Commission Report (2015) to ensure that safeguarding standards are as high as possible:

"The Catholic Church in Scotland renews its commitment towards the lives,safety, wholeness and well-being of each individual person within God's purpose for everyone.  We will now take forward Dr. McLellan's recommendations; planning their implementation; and then implementing them."

"As the Bishop of the Diocese of Paisley, I welcome today’s publication of the McLellan Report. The Bishops of Scotland accept in full the report’s recommendations and on behalf of us all Archbishop Tartaglia made a public apology (above) at Mass in St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Glasgow."
                                                                                            Bishop John Keenan
 

http://www.bcos.org.uk/Portals/0/McLellan/363924_WEB.pdf

Click on the links below for full details of the McLellan Commission's Report:

https://www.mclellancommission.co.uk

"We (The Bishops of Scotland) accept that Safeguarding is the responsibility of the whole Church, all of the baptised as well as the ordained, professed, those who are employed and those who volunteer, working together to create and maintain safe environments."

http://www.bcos.org.uk/Portals/0/McLellan/Implementation%20Plan%20(Final%20Version).pdf

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