Reporting Sexual or Emotional Abuse
If you are struggling with memories or experiences of abuse or harassment and would find pastoral support helpful, please know that our diocese is home to clergy and lay leaders who will listen without judgment, who will believe you, and who will grieve with you. Please call Anna Stefaniak, Canon for Administration, at 312.751.4202, and the diocese will be sure you receive the support and care you need.
For some, the church is a safe and healing place. But the diocese is painfully aware that other women, men and children are survivors of abuse at the hands of the church and its leaders. If you need to make a confidential report about abuse or harassment that has happened within the church, please email Tim Murray, the intake officer for clergy disciplinary matters, or call him at 847.828.4175.