Review the definition for Sexual Assault.

“Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect – It’s Your Duty to Report” brochure from Service Ontario (www.serviceontario.ca/publications), publication #015328

The Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies has resources about reporting child welfare concerns which can be found at: http://www.oacas.org/childrens-aid-child-protection/how-to-report-abuse/.

Look up the contact information for your local Children’s Aid Society and give participants the information. Consider posting it somewhere in your parish. (http://www.oacas.org/childwelfare/locate.htm)

Some parishes have raised concerns about activities where a leader may have to take children to the washroom or assist with changing. What procedures could your parish put in place to reduce the risk in these kinds of situations?

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