Safety Statistics
In 2002, a Churchwide program of safe environment training was launched. In 2019, 3.7 million children, 2.1 million volunteers, 264,847 employees, 170,611 educators, 33,244 priests, 16,204 deacons, and 6,482 candidates for ordination received training.
Is it helping build a safer Church?
According to the 2019 Annual Report on the Implementation of the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People
"96% of dioceses/eparchies who participated in the audit were fully compliant with the Charter"
