Sandra Racionero Plaza, the assistant coordinator of the PCCP Project, gave the course consisting of six synchronous virtual sessions held every Thursday from February 15 until March 21.
About PCCP
As shown by research, child
abuse and the abuse of adults both within and outside the Church is a social
problem that urgently requires deeper levels of understanding and more decisive
and effective action by all institutions in society to promote justice in the
matter of child safeguarding and protection.
The Promotion of Consistent Culture of Protection (PCCP) was initially a three-year project established in the Society of Jesus to help fulfil the mandate entrusted to Fr. General by the General Congregation 36 (2016), ‘to continue working with the Major Superiors and Conferences to promote, within the communities and ministries of the Society, a consistent culture of protection and safety for minors’. This commitment of the Society of Jesus was reinforced in 2019 with the publication of the Universal Apostolic Preferences (2019-2029). The 2nd Universal Apostolic Preference calls us to:
“commit ourselves to help eliminate abuses inside and outside the Church, seeking toensure that victims are heard and properly helped, that justice is done, and that harm is healed. This commitment includes the adoption of clear policies for the prevention of abuse, the ongoing formation of those who are committed to mission, and serious efforts to identify the social origins of abuse. In this way, we effectively promote a culture that safeguards all vulnerable persons, especially minors”. This UAP provides a clear focus and direction for the work of the PCCP project.
Since addressing and overcoming abuse is fundamentally a matter of justice, the project comes under the supervision of the Secretariat for Social Justice and Ecology of the Jesuit General Curia.
The project continues today, supporting all Jesuit Provinces, Regions, and Networks in their safeguarding journey.
PCCP COORDINATORS
John Guiney SJ
Project CoordinatorClick the Image to Read His Brief Bio
Dr. Sandra Racionero-Plaza
Assistant Project CoordinatorClick the Image to Read Her Brief Bio
STRUCTURE
With PCCP, structures and programs have been created in every Province, Region, and Network of the Society of Jesus to make real the commitment of elimination of abuse. These structures and programs: a) deal with complaints and allegations (case management) and, b) develop and implement preventive actions for a future free from abuse in Jesuit communities, works, and institutions in all the apostolic areas in which the Jesuits are present across the world. PCCP assesses and provides guidelines to all Jesuit Provinces, Regions, and Networks for effective action in relation to policies, protocols, and training/formation, always with the ultimate aim of generating social impact.
There is a safeguarding delegate (Jesuit or lay) in each of the six Conferences of the Society of Jesus in the world: JCEP, CPAL, JCAM, JCAP, JCSA and JCCU. In most cases, these delegates are supported by others, constituting a Conference Safeguarding Team.
These delegates are in charge of encouraging effective safeguarding work in all the Provinces and Regions of the Jesuits in the Conference, as well as they promote networks of peer support within the Conference. PCCP coordinators meet 4 times a year with the Conference Safeguarding Delegates and are in constant dialogue with them engaged in joint work.
Every Province and Region has its own safeguarding delegate or team, who are in charge of developing and implementing actions and programs related to both case management and prevention. The safeguarding strategy at the level of every Province/Region/Network has its own name.
PCCP coordinators also respond to the needs and demands from the General Curia, the Conferences, the Networks and Provincials and participate in in-presence meetings and trainings across the world.
PCCP is accompanied by an Advisory Committee that follows up the development of the project and gives advice for its successful implementation. PCCP coordinators meet 4 times a year with the Advisory Committee.
