Anyone who has not completed the Protecting God's Children workshop by June will have their VIRTUS file made inactive and will have to contact the Diocese of Pittsburgh to be reactivated. If necessary, please complete this workshop at your earliest convenience.
If you have questions about whether or not you need to complete this online training, contact Don Fontana: faithform.olasmg@gmail.com
412.682.0929
The Safe Environment Policy of the Diocese of Pittsburgh requires adult parish volunteers (age 18 and older) to:
1) register with VIRTUS Online (A Program and Service of The National Catholic Risk Retention Group)
2) Authorize the Diocese of Pittsburgh to conduct a State Police Criminal Record Check
3) Request (either online or by mail) a PA Child Abuse History Clearance
4) Watch the following online training Protecting God's Children Maltreatment 3.2 & Vulnerable Adults 2.0 Combined via VIRTUS website
5) Watch Welcome to the Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse: Mandated and Permissive Reporting in Pennsylvania Online Training via the PA Child Welfare Resource Center: https://www.reportabusepa.pitt.edu/
5) Print and sign a disclainer waiving the requirement to be fingerprinted for the FBI for those parishioners who have lived in Pennsylvania for 10 years or more (Employees of the Diocese must be fingerprinted)
Volunteers & Employees
All volunteers and employees are asked to complete several steps, set up and required by the Diocese of Pittsburgh, before beginning to serve in their ministries.
Diocesan Database
All volunteers and paid staff must register with the Diocese. You can complete this process by visiting the website and clicking here. Diocese of Pittsburgh Website (The diocesan password, when asked, is "PROTECT")
Signed Documents
It is also required that all volunteers please read the Code of Pastoral Conduct, The Child Protective Service Law, and the F.B.I. Disclosure Statement (Referred to as an F.B.I. waiver, this replaces the need for fingerprinting of volunteers only. Paid employees of the Diocese must still register their fingerprints with the F.B.I.) Those documents are available in the Parish office and can be mailed to you upon request. Please sign these pages and drop them off at the rectory or mail it to
Don Fontana
c/o Our Lady of the Angels Parish
225 37th St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15201
Online Training
The Diocese has set up online video training called Protecting God's Children Maltreatment 3.2 & Vulnerable Adults Combined. This workshop is designed to help all adults who volunteer or work for the Catholic Church understand appropriate interactions with children and the elderly, and help volunteers identify signs of possible abuse or neglect when working with these groups.
Some volunteers and all employees are also expected to complete the Mandated Reporter training. If your volunteer position is listed here, please complete this training as well.
All adults who volunteer or work for the Church are required to complete this online training.