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a. The Institute ensures the Visitor has education, training, and or experience of the impact of child sexual abuse and
how to promote healing for survivors.
b. The Visitor can describe the Institute’s civil and ecclesiastical reporting requirements.
c. The Visitor can describe how he collaborates and communicates with the Review Board.
d. The Institute has a written transition plan to ensure standards are maintained and critical information is not lost fol-
e.
f.
lowing changes in leadership, which should include:
i. A review of all allegations of sexual abuse and boundary violations from the previous 5 years.
ii. A review of all current Safety Plans, including risk evaluations, since the last Accreditation.
iii. The status of the Institute in the Accreditation process, as well as the expiration of the current Accreditation.
The Institute documents a one-time review of the personal files of all current living members for any possible allegations of sexual abuse with a minor.
The Institute ensures documentation of all allegations, reports, and responses concerning the sexual abuse of minors,
including those identified “one-time review,” is accessible to the Visitor and his successors.
10. The Brother Visitor Demonstrates Transparency and Commitment to the Members of the Institute.
a. The Institute ensures the Visitor or his delegate communicates annually to the members regarding the Institute’s
commitment to the protection of minors.
b. The Institute ensures the communication contains the following:
i. The status of the institute in the Accreditation process as well as the expiration of the current Accreditation, if
applicable.
ii. Information about any new reports or incidents of abuse that have occurred since the last communication, and
the status of those reports or incidents.
SECTION D.
SAFETY PLANS
1. Creation and Implementation of Safety Plan
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
The District will maintain a written individualized Safety Plan to guide the supervision of any Brother against whom an
allegation of sexual abuse of a minor has been established.
All Brothers who have an established allegation of sexual abuse of a minor, including those who are in residential
treatment centers or who are on parole or probation, are required to have a Safety Plan.
The District must determine the level of risk for each of the Brothers who have an established allegation of the sexual
abuse of a minor and are on a Safety Plan. The level of risk should be determined either through a professional risk
assessment or through a review of behaviorally-based indicators.
After consultation with the Review Board, legal counsel, and others, as appropriate, the Brother Visitor will draw up a
Safety Plan for each Brother who has an established allegation.
The District will implement the Safety Plan and the District will make every reasonable effort to ensure that the
Brother understands the consequences for non-compliance with the Safety Plan.
2. Contents of Safety Plan
The Safety Plan must include the following:
a. A summary of the problem behaviors, which at a minimum will detail the number, age, and gender of the victim(s)
b. Information about the way the Brother spends the majority of his time
c. Any applicable sex offender registry requirements, including parole and probation
d. Documentation of appropriate work for the Brother, including his specific assignment: The Institute communicates
with any organization in which a member on a Safety Plan is employed or in which he volunteers and ensures that the
communication includes:
i. A history of the problem behaviors
ii. Current restrictions
iii. The name and contact information of the Visitor
e. A summary of the Brother’s risk assessment and risk reduction strategies, including;
i. Limitations on the Brother’s access to minors and how any such access is supervised
ii. Association with friends and family, including how to ensure that any resulting access to minors is supervised
iii. Monitoring the Brother’s access to, and use of, electronic communications, including email, text messaging,
telephone calls, social media, and Internet access to ensure that appropriate boundaries are maintained at all
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