Safe Environment Program (SEP)

The Parish of Espiritu Santo and the Diocese of St. Petersburg must ensure that children and youth who worship, study, or participate in activities sponsored by the Parish and Diocese can do so in the safest and most secure setting possible. Parents and caretakers must have confidence in the Parish and Diocese before they will allow their children to become involved in church activities. The Safe Environment Programs of the Diocese of St. Petersburg are designed to instill that confidence and are encouraged by insurance and risk management companies as well.

This same concern applies to our vulnerable adults. A vulnerable adult is an individual who is 18 years or older whose ability to perform the normal activities of daily living are extremely limited or whose ability to provide for his or her own care or protection is impaired due to a mental, emotional, physical, developmental disability dysfunction, brain damage, or the infirmities of aging.

SEP Certification

How to Get SEP Training

Level 2 Background Screening

How to Get SEP Recertification

Safe Environment Program Policies and Procedures

Minimum Code of Moral Conduct

How to File an Abuse Report

USCCB Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People

Diocese of St. Petersburg Policy for the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults

Code of Conduct for Adults Working with Youth within the Diocese of St. Petersburg

Practical Standards of Professional Responsibility for Priests Serving in the Diocese of St. Petersburg