Code of Pastoral Conduct
- Preface
- Preamble
- Responsibility
- Pastoral Standards
- Conduct
- Confidentiality
- Conduct with Minors
- Sexual Conduct
- Harassment
- Records & Information
- Conflicts of Interest
- Reporting & Disclosure
- Administration
- Staff & Volunteer Well-Being
- Volunteer Conduct
Sexual Misconduct Policy
- Definitions
- Personnel
- Legal Guidelines
- Education
- Policy Distribution
- Background Checks
- Reporting & Investigating Allegations
- Reports of Harassment
- False Accusations
Appendices
- Policies & Procedures of the Review Board
- Code of Conduct
- Cue Card for Reporting Abuse
- Implementation
- Parish Checklist
Code of Pastoral Conduct
5. Harassment
Clergy, staff, and volunteers must not engage in physical, psychological, written, or verbal harassment of staff, volunteers, or parishioners and must not tolerate such harassment by other Church staff or volunteers.
5.1 Clergy, staff, and volunteers need to provide a professional work environment that is free from physical, psychological, written, or verbal intimidation or harassment.
5.2 Harassment encompasses a broad range of physical, written, or verbal behavior, including but not limited to the following:
- Physical or mental abuse
- Racial insults
- Ethnic slurs
- Unwelcome sexual advances or touching
- Sexual comments or sexual jokes
- Requests for sexual favors as a condition of employment, or as a condition for promotion or compensation
- Display of offensive materials
5.3 Harassment can be a single severe incident or a persistent pattern of behavior where the purpose or the effect is to create a hostile, offensive, or intimidating work environment.
5.4 Allegations of harassment are to be taken seriously and reported immediately to the alleged offender’s supervisor as outlined in the Archdiocese’s Sexual Misconduct Policy (2004 revision), Part B, 7.1.3. The Sexual Misconduct Policy of the Archdiocese of Anchorage procedures will be followed to protect the rights of all involved.
