Protecting God's Children

Diocesan Authorities:
Contact Father James M. Dunfee,
Vicar General
422 Washington St., Steubenville
Telephone: (740) 282-3631;
Email: jdunfee@diosteub.org

"All Children have the right to be safe and protected from harm in any and all environments - church, home, school, religious institutions, neighborhoods and communities"

~Bishop Jeffrey M. Monforton

"Any cleric, employee, or regular volunteer (except licensed counselors, psychologists or social workers when their knowledge is protected by legal privilege and priests when their knowledge is protected by the seal of Confession), whether obligated by state law to report to the civil authorities or not, who witnesses an act of child abuse perpetrated by another cleric, employee or volunteer or suspects that such an act has occurred or receives a report of such an act, must report the incident immediately to the Vicar General"

- Decree on Child Protection

Contact Numbers to Report Allegations of Child Abuse