Archdiocese Safe Environment

..In accord with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the following Policies and Procedures will apply for all volunteers at St. Anastasia.

All St. Anastasia volunteers must read and agree to follow the “Archdiocese of Los Angeles Guidelines for Adults Interacting With Minors at Parish or School Activities or Events.”

All minors volunteering at St. Anastasia must read and agree to follow the “Boundary Guidelines for Junior High and High School Youth Working or Volunteering With Children or Youth.”

All volunteers who work with or around children in any way are required to attend a VIRTUS session, “Protecting God’s Children” adult awareness training session. See www.virtus.org

Anyone who supervises or is perceived to supervise children in any way is required to submit to a background check in the form of fingerprinting by the Los Angeles Archdiocese. Sign up for free archdiocesan LiveScan fingerprinting or sources for local LiveScan locations. 

Contact information at St. Anastasia’s

Safety is of utmost importance in our Parish. For questions or concerns, please contact virtus@st-anastasia.org

Priests, deacons, school faculty and administrators and other staff members in our parishes and schools have been designated as mandated reporters under California law. 

When one of these persons receives information leading to a “reasonable suspicion” that a child is being abused or neglected, he or she must make a report to the appropriate child protection or law enforcement agency.

The following information is intended to assist victim-survivors, mandated reporters, and any person working or volunteering in the Archdiocese, to report suspected abuse and/or respond to a disclosure of abuse by complying with reporting laws, and responding knowledgably and with compassion. Forms and documents are available to guide you. If you have any questions regarding this information or these forms, please call the Archdiocesan Victims Assistance Ministry Office at 213-637-7650 or on our toll-free number (800) 355-2545

You may also seek help directly by contacting one of the Child Protective Services or one of the Law Enforcement Agencies listed below.

In an emergency call 911.

Los Angeles County:

LA County 

• Department of Children & Family Services & Child Protective Hotline: (800) 540-4000
• LAPD Investigative Control Unit for All Child Abuse Reports: (213) 486-0530

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department:

• Special Victims Bureau (24 hours) (562) 946-8531
• To speak to a Detective (562) 946-7960
• LA County Department Children & Family Services Emergency Response Command Post: (213) 639-4500

If you suspect an elderly person or vulnerable is being abused, that too should be reported. Information for Adult Protective Services is organized by county and is available at: https://cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/APS/County_APD_Contacts.pdf.

You may make a report of suspected sexual misconduct at the Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ sexual misconduct reporting line: 1-800-355-2545.This toll-free telephone number has been established as part of our effort to protect children, young people and other vulnerable people in our schools, parishes and ministries. This line is for reporting suspected sexual misconduct or child abuse within our institutions and ministries only. If you have some other type of complaint, please call the appropriate Archdiocesan school, parish or office directly.

Unless your call involves a report of suspected sexual misconduct, it will receive no action by leaving a message on the hotline.

If you wish to make a report of “child abuse” but it does not involve suspected misconduct by one of our Archdiocesan or parish/parish school ministers, employees or volunteers, please make your report to the appropriate child protection agency. You can call your local police department or the “child abuse hotline” number can be found in the front of your phone book.