While the US Church has made substantial progress in addressing the abuse of children there remains a risk of complacency creeping in, the US Bishops’ Conference has been told at its spring general assembly.
The comments were made by the chair of the board created to monitor the implementation of the 2002 Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, commonly known as the Dallas Charter, who called for even greater buy-in from bishops and warned against complacency.
“We must keep the child of today, the child of tomorrow, and especially that child of yesterday, at the centre of all of our decision making.” Suzanne Healy, Chair of the National Review Board, said in an address to the US bishops on 14 June.
