Child Abuse Reporting

In accordance with the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Law, child abuse should be reported immediately (or as soon as practically possible) by telephone…”to any police department or sheriff’s department (not including a school district police or security department), county probation department, if designated by the county to receive mandated reports, or county welfare department .” (P.C.11165.9).

A written report should be sent within 36 hours on a Department of Justice form (SS 8572), which may be requested from your local police or sheriff’s department, county probation department, or county welfare department. Forms are also available from your local Child Protective Services Agency.  

All allegations shall be reported immediately to County Child Protective Services or appropriate law enforcement agencies and to the Victim Assistance Coordinator or in his/her absence, the Bishop, the Vicar General, the Chancellor.

The Dio­cese of Stock­ton treats all com­plaints of sex­ual abuse seri­ously and deals with such alle­ga­tions in a con­fi­den­tial, prompt, and thor­ough man­ner with com­pas­sion and con­sid­er­a­tion for all those involved.To make a com­plaint of sex­ual abuse against any­one act­ing in the name of the Catholic Church, you may do so in writ­ing or by tele­phone. Whether the abuse was recent or occurred many years in the past, con­tact the Vic­tim Assis­tance Coor­di­na­tor at 209/466‑0636 or in writ­ing to 212 N. San Joaquin St. Stock­ton, CA. 95202–2409, marked “Con­fi­den­tial” and directed to the atten­tion of the Vic­tim Assis­tance Coordinator.

Contact Dio­cese of Stock­ton
Vic­tim Assis­tance Coordinator, Ms. Cheryl Sarkisian

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