Diocese of Galloway




Safeguarding Matters

March 2024 Edition


now available.

Safeguarding Culture of Care leaflet


You can download this leaflet which is issued by the Bishop's Conference of Scotland.  Download here

Galloway Annual Safeguarding Statement - October 2023 (pdf download)

The Diocese Safeguarding Advisory Group met (online) on February 5th 2022 (with Lady Rita Rae in attendance). Minutes of the meeting are available to download in pdf format.

National Safeguarding Webinar - 2021


You can watch the webinar that took place online on Saturday 2nd October.

Evaluations of the webinar are summarised in this document that you can download here (pdf).


You can view the video shown in the webinar that explains some of the updates to IGI since the origial version here.

OUR SAFEGUARDING CULTURE:


Everyone in the Catholic Church in Scotland - especially those in positions of leadership and responsibility - values the lives, wholeness, safety and well-being of each individual person within God's purpose for everyone.


We seek to uphold the highest safeguarding standards in our relationships with people of all ages who are involved with the Church and its organisations.


As a Church community, we accept that it is the responsibility of all of us - ordained, professed, employed and volunteer lay people - to work together to uphold these safeguarding standards that have been designed to protect children and vulnerable adults from abuse or harm.


In God’s Image - v2, page 3




To the victims of abuse, and of sexual abuse in particular, who feel neglected and maybe abused a second time by the sins of omission and a conspiracy of silence, the Diocese of Galloway pledges solidarity and support.

“The effective protection of minors and a commitment to ensure their human and spiritual development, in keeping with the dignity of the human person, are integral parts of the Gospel message that the Church and all members of the faithful are called to spread throughout the world. Many painful actions have caused a profound examination of conscience for the entire Church, leading us to request forgiveness from the victims and from our society for the harm that has been caused. This response to these actions is the firm beginning for initiatives of many different types, which are intended to repair the damage, to attain justice, and to prevent, by all means possible, the recurrence of similar incidents in the future.”


Pope Francis, March 2014

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