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Checklist for Evaluating Current Investigation Teams

 

Checklist for Evaluating Current Investigation Teams

 

1) All credible allegations of criminal abuse are reported to

Yes

No

a) Appropriate law enforcement in the country in which the abuse occurred

b) Appropriate law enforcement in the country in which the perpetrator lives

2) When criminal conduct has been determined by the independent investigation team, a report is made to

 

 

a) Appropriate law enforcement in the country in which the abuse occurred

b) Appropriate law enforcement in the country in which the perpetrator live

 

 

c) All known past and current churches and individuals who provide financial support (indirectly or directly) to the perpetrator(s)

d) The national church leadership where the abuse occurred

3) Are members of the investigation team

 

 

a) Currently members of a mission organization or denomination?

b) Previously employed by mission agencies?*

c) Currently under contract with a mission agency?

4)  a) Does the investigation include all the known vulnerable people the alleged perpetrator had access to?

b) Are all known potential victims informed of the investigation and provided an opportunity to be a part of the investigation?

c) Are the parents of all potential victims also contacted by the investigation team and invited to report to the investigation team?

5) Is the original report and recommendations of the independent investigation team made available to

 

 

a) The victims

b) The people who reported the abuse

c) The families of victims

d) Leadership of the mission agency/denomination

e) All known past and present supporting churches/individuals of the abuser

f) The leaders of the national church in the country in which the abuse occurred

6) Is all information identifying the victims who reported abuse removed from the report before it is distributed?

 

* If they were previously employed by a mission agency or denomination, what is their current relationship with that organization?

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