Q&A: Re what must be included in a parish's SafeR Church Plan -- and whether they will be reviewed

A number of parishes have asked the following questions ...

Q: Are there elements that must be included in order for the parish's SafeR Church Plan to pass muster? Will someone (outside the parish) be reviewing the Plan? 

A: Some parishes’ plans will be relatively simple; others will be much more complex. It all depends on what a parish does, where, when, through whom, for whom, etc., and on the related inherent and foreseeable levels of risk (threats and opportunities).

Part III of the Guide (slated to be finished in the next week) will identify the elements that must be included in the Plan in order to satisfy the requirements established by the insurer and to make parishes SafeR. 

The question about whether the SafeR Church Plans of individual parishes  will be reviewed by someone (or some body or organization) outside of the parish is still being considered. Updated information about this question will be disseminated as soon as it's available.