{"id":6524,"date":"2022-07-14T14:15:02","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T13:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blinkx.com\/?p=6524"},"modified":"2022-08-05T14:28:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T13:28:47","slug":"criminal-background-check-for-church-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessfinancenews.com\/background\/criminal-background-check-for-church-volunteers\/","title":{"rendered":"criminal background check for church volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"hs_cos_wrapper_post_body\">\n<p>Scandal and controversy have followed the Catholic Church for the better part of two decades since the\u00a0<em>Boston Globe\u00a0<\/em>published its 2002 expose of patterns of sexual abuse and cover-up in the church. That event proved to be seismic for the Catholic Church and all organized religion. It led to countless investigations into tens of thousands of abuse allegations levied against thousands of Catholic priests. It also proved to be a turning point for background checks in religious organizations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Churches have a responsibility to protect the people in their congregations\u2014especially kids. Employee background checks and volunteer background checks are among the most critical strategies that religious organizations can use to make sure those protections are in place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At Blinkx,\u00a0we serve numerous religious organizations. We partner closely with LifeWay Christian Resources, the publishing arm of the Southern Baptist Convention and a provider of crucial resources to thousands of churches around the country, background checks included. As of 2013, Blinkx had conducted nearly 85,000 background checks for LifeWay and the churches that it serves. Half of those checks uncovered an issue, highlighting the immense importance of employee and volunteer background checks for religious organizations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Explore our\u00a0white paper about background checks for churches\u00a0to understand why background checks are so crucial for\u00a0<em>all\u00a0<\/em>religious organizations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While it has become more common for churches to run volunteer and employee background checks\u2014with a close eye out for issues such as violent criminal history or sex offender status\u2014there are still gaps in the system. In 2019, numerous major legal cases sprung up concerning sex abuse in the Catholic Church. In West Virginia, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey\u00a0filed a lawsuit\u00a0against the Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston alleging that the diocese failed to comply with West Virginia law by not conducting adequate employee background checks and by knowingly hiring pedophiles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Morrissey alleged that the diocese failed to follow West Virginia\u2019s Consumer Credit and Protection Act when advertising Catholic school and camp opportunities to parents. That law, Morrissey argued, required the diocese to disclose that some of its clergy and employees had been \u201ccredibly accused of abuse\u201d in the past when working with different religious organizations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The diocese argued\u00a0that it was free to hire whomever it pleased\u00a0under the freedom of religion protection of the First Amendment. Assistant Attorney General Douglas Davis rebutted this response and said that even the First Amendment didn\u2019t give the diocese the right to \u201crefuse to deal honestly and fairly when it sells education and recreation services to the general public and competes with public and private schools and camps.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In New York,\u00a0a new Child\u2019s Victim Act\u00a0took effect on August 14, 2019. The law enables alleged victims of child sexual abuse to pursue legal action against their attackers via civil lawsuits even if the statute of limitations has expired. The law rendered the Catholic Church especially vulnerable given the prevalence of Catholic diocese throughout New York.\u00a0Hundreds of lawsuits against the clergy have been filed since.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0These lawsuits shine a light on why background checks\u2014along with careful oversight of employees or volunteers who work one-on-one with minors\u2014are so crucial for religious organizations. If your organization requires assistance with employee background checks or volunteer background checks,\u00a0contact Blinkx today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scandal and controversy have followed the Catholic Church for the better part of two decades since the\u00a0Boston Globe\u00a0published its 2002 expose of patterns of sexual abuse and cover-up in the church. That event proved to be seismic for the Catholic Church and all organized religion. 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