Safe environment requirements
All those who minister (volunteers, employees, and clergy ) in the Diocese of Oakland are to be educated about the nature of child sexual abuse, how it is perpetrated, how to report it, and strategies for prevention. Training is mandatory for all who minister - first before starting work or volunteering and then every three years thereafter. If you are due to retrain, you will receive an email from Virtus to do so.
Employees, clergy and any volunteers with direct, ongoing contact with minors must be live scan fingerprinted and cleared prior to ministry in the Diocese of Oakland. To obtain a Live Scan form, you must register in Virtus and the form can be printed.
