Why is it so important to follow the paperwork guidelines? Can’t the OCP understand if we make mistakes?
Of course we are all human and we understand that no one is perfect. However, there are specific guidelines and rules for good reasons. First and foremost, much of the CORI process is mandated by State law and the abuse prevention training is mandated by the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. As those who are hired to implement these safety measures for the Diocese, we take our work seriously and strive only for the highest possible level of compliance in all areas. Second, there are three people in the CSS office who handle training and CORI forms for the entire Diocese, which consists of 29 schools, 93 parishes, and a total number of nearly 21,000 individuals in the database. Because the database is now so large, we had to break up the spreadsheets into two groups: parishes and schools and then within each master group, have a separate sheet for each parish or school, plus a current sheet for the same. Therefore, when
