Diocesan Victims' Care Committee
WORKING TOGETHER FOR A SAFE AND RESPECTFUL
CHURCH ENVIRONMENT
CHAPTER III
The Diocesan Victims’ Care Committee
The purpose of this committee is to ensure that appropriate assistance is made available to victims of sexual abuse committed by clergy, religious, staff or volunteers while ministering in the Archdiocese of St. Boniface. The goal is to enable the healing of those victimized by the abuse.
Victims would include the immediate victim and may also include family members and others close to him or her. The parish and local community may also have been hurt by the crime.
The committee shall be composed of the following persons, with power to add to its membership as the need arises:
- married couple with young children,
- religious sister,
- lay person (s),
- civil lawyer,
- a priest or deacon,
- a professionally qualified counselor experienced with abuse issues.
The Victims’ Care Committee will receive referrals from the Sexual Abuse Advisory Committee following the Advisory Committee’s investigation and response to the complaint.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Diocesan Advisory Committee
Mr. Richard Fréchette, Archbishop’s Delegate
Fr. Léonce Aubin, Diocesan Priest
Mr. Léo DeGagné, Member
Mr. Alain Hogue, Lawyer
Dr. Brian Kowalchuk, Clinical Psychologist
Mrs. Rachelle Lemoine, Parent
Fr. Chris Udoka Nwosu, Diocesan Priest, Chancellor
Diocesan Victims’ Care Committee
Chair - To be determined
Mr. Louis Druwé, Psychologist
Fr. Gilbert Gariépy, Diocesan Priest
Mr. Guy Joubert, Lawyer
Mrs. Marjolaine Pelletier, Counsellor
Safe Church Environment
- Report Abuse
- Safe Church Environment: Protecting Children & the Vulnerable - Introduction
- Diocesan Protocol
- Code of Conduct for Clergy
- Dealing with Allegations of Sexual Abuse
- Diocesan Victims' Care Committee
- Sexual Harassment MB Human Rights Commission
- Summary - Dealing with Sexual Abuse
- Glossary
- Diocesan Protocol - Complete PDF
- Frequently Asked Questions (F.A.Q.)
- How to Apply for Information Checks
- Safe Environment Coordinator
- CCCB New Document, October 2018: Protection of Minors
- The Church's Response