Manchester Diocese Creates Own 'Safe Environment Program'

The Diocese of Manchester, N.H., was uneasy about the “safe-environment” programs available to prevent sexual abuse. So it created its own.

MANCHESTER, N.H. — The Diocese of Manchester, N.H., needed to find a curriculum that satisfied the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ requirement that every diocese have a program to prevent sex abuse. None that they looked at seemed appropriate.

Now there's a newsflash...Bishop Vasa recently spoke to us about these "programs". They tend to place the responsibility on the child, who is, because of age, unable to handle such a burden...That and the fact that many times, explicit sexual content is taught which is inappropriate for children.