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Diocesan Report and Inform Policy
​Children are the most important gifts God has entrusted to us.  The Diocese of Evansville is committed to safeguarding minors, who are persons under eighteen (18) years of age.
 
Immediately report the suspected abuse or neglect of a minor to the Department of Child Services (DCS) or to a local law enforcement agency.
  • State of Indiana DCS Hotline: 1-800-800-5556
  • Local law enforcement:  9-1-1
 

If a bishop has (a) performed sexual acts with a minor or a vulnerable person; (b) forced someone to perform or to submit to sexual acts through violence, threat, or abuse of authority; (c) produced, exhibited, possessed, or distributed child pornography, including by electronic means, or recruited or induced a minor or vulnerable person to participate in pornographic exhibitions; or (d) executed actions or omissions intended to interfere with or avoid a civil or Church (canonical) investigation into allegations of sexual abuse committed by a cleric or religious:  after reporting to DCS or to a local law enforcement agency, inform the Catholic Bishop Abuse Reporting service, which is a third-party reporting service for gathering and relaying such reports to the appropriate Church authorities.
  • Make a report online at www.reportbishopabuse.org or call 1-800-276-1562
 

If the sexual abuse of a minor involves a priest, deacon, candidate for ordination, pastoral minister, administrator, staff person, or volunteer:  after reporting to DCS or to a local law enforcement agency, inform the diocesan victim assistance coordinator.
  • Toll-free:  866-200-3004
  • Local:  812-490-9565
 
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The sexual abuse of a minor also includes:
  • A vulnerable person is any person in a state of infirmity, physical or mental deficiency, or deprivation of personal liberty which, in fact, even occasionally limits their ability to understand or to want or otherwise resist the offense.
  • Child pornography, which is any representation of a minor, regardless of the means used, involved in explicit sexual activities, whether real or simulated, and any representation of sexual organs of minors for primarily sexual purposes.
Reglamento Diocesano de Informar y Denunciar 
Los niños y jóvenes son los regalos más importantes que Dios nos ha confiado. La Diócesis de Evansville se compromete a proteger a los menores de edad, que son personas menores de dieciocho (18) años.

Haga un informe de inmediato de la sospecha de abuso o negligencia de un menor de edad al Departamento de Servicios para Niños (DCS por sus siglas en inglés) o a una agencia local de policía.
  • Línea directa al DCS del estado de Indiana: 1-800-800-5556
  • Agencia local de policía: 9-1-1


Si un obispo ha (a) realizado actos sexuales con un menor de edad o una persona vulnerable; (b) forzado a alguien a realizar o someterse a actos sexuales mediante el uso de violencia, amenazas o abuso de autoridad; (c) producido, mostrado, tenido en su posesión, o distribuido pornografía infantil, incluyendo por medios electrónicos, o atraído o inducido a un menor o persona vulnerable a participar en demostraciones pornográficas; o (d) cometido por sus acciones u omisiones algo para interferir o evitar una investigación civil o eclesial (canónica) sobre alegaciones de abuso sexual cometido por un clérigo o religioso: después de informar a DCS o a una agencia local de policía, haga un informe al servicio de Informes sobre abusos de un obispo católico que es un servicio independiente para reunir y transmitir tales informes a las autoridades eclesiásticas apropiadas.
  • Haga un informe en línea en https://reportbishopabuse.org/?lang=es o llame al 1-800-276-1562


Si un sacerdote, diácono, candidato a la ordenación, ministro pastoral, administrador, miembro del personal o voluntario fue involucrado en el abuso sexual de un menor de edad: después de informar a DCS o a una agencia local de policía, haga un informe al Coordinador diocesano de asistencia para las víctimas.
  • Llamada gratuita: 866-200-3004
  • Local: 812-490-9565

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El abuso sexual de un menor de edad tambien incluye:
  • Una persona vulnerable es cualquier persona en estado de enfermedad, de deficiencia física o psicológica, o de privación de la libertad personal que, de hecho, limite incluso ocasionalmente su capacidad de entender o de querer o, en cualquier caso, de resistir a la ofensa.
  • Material pornográfico infantil, que es cualquier representación de un menor, independientemente de los medios utilizados, involucrado en actividades sexuales explícitas, reales o simuladas, y cualquier representación de órganos sexuales de menores con fines predominantemente sexuales.
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