Catholic Bishop Abuse Reporting Service (CBARS)

The Catholic Bishop Abuse Reporting Service has been established to receive reports of sexual abuse and related misconduct by bishops, and allows for
individuals to relay to Church authorities any reports of a U.S. Catholic bishop who has:

1. forced someone to perform or to submit to sexual acts through violence, threat, or abuse of authority;
2. performed sexual acts with a minor or a vulnerable person;
3. produced, exhibited, possessed, or distributed child pornography, or recruited or induced a minor or a vulnerable person to participate in pornographic exhibitions;
4. or, a diocesan or eparchial bishop, or a cleric overseeing a diocese/eparchy in the absence of a diocesan or eparchial bishop, who has intentionally interfered with a civil or church investigation into allegations of sexual abuse committed by another cleric or religious.

If you have any other kind of complaint about a bishop—such as parish assignments, church closings, or homily contents—please address those directly to your diocesan or eparchial bishop instead. Sexual abuse by a priest, deacon or a staff member or volunteer of the Church should be reported to the Office of Victim Assistance (https://archdpdx.org/child-protection-victim-assistance) in your local diocese/eparchy and to civil authorities. So, to be sure you get the help you need, phone numbers and addresses may be found on the diocesan/eparchial website.

If you are the victim of sexual abuse (or any other crime), please contact local law enforcement.

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