
We deliver services to the agencies
and ministries of the Diocese of Parramatta



Acknowledgement to survivors of abuse
We acknowledge the lifelong trauma of abuse victims, survivors and their families, the failure of churches in Australia to protect, believe and respond to children and vulnerable adults, and the consequent breaches of community trust (CPSL).
Our Function
What does the Office actually do?
It delivers advice and support to the parishes, agencies and ministries of the Catholic Diocese of Parramatta to ensure the Diocese is safe for all people. The Office also receives and manages concerns, reports or complaints regarding the conduct of people who are responsible for leading ministry or providing services in the Diocese.


Our Function
What does the Office actually do?
It delivers advice and support to the parishes, agencies and ministries of the Catholic Diocese of Parramatta to ensure the Diocese is safe for all people. The Office also receives and manages concerns, reports or complaints regarding the conduct of people who are responsible for leading ministry or providing services in the Diocese.
News & Events
Keep up to date with news and upcoming events
Safer Internet Day 2020 – Tuesday 11 Feb 2020
Office for Safeguarding and Professional Standards Newsletter Issue 3
Office for Safeguarding and Professional Standards Newsletter Issue 2
Creating a Safe Church From within – Two Days with Fr Hans Zollner SJ Summary Report
Office for Safeguarding and Professional Standards Newsletter
Promoting Sunny


Telling somebody is the first step
- Abuse in never OK - no matter who is doing it or what they do in the Church community.
- Abuse is never your fault- no matter where it happened in the Church community or how it happened.
Telling somebody is the first step. If you don't get help at first, then don't give up- tell someone else you can trust until you get the help you need.
Telling somebody is the first step
If you're being hurt by someone at Church, it's OK to tell somebody. No matter what you might be going through, no matter how alone or worried you feel, it is super important that you tell, text, message, email somebody what is happening. Abuse is sometimes not talked about out of fear that you will get into trouble, that you somehow caused it to happen or that you won't be believed.
- Abuse in never OK - no matter who is doing it or what they do in the Church community.
- Abuse is never your fault- no matter where it happened in the Church community or how it happened.
Telling somebody is the first step. If you don't get help at first, then don't give up- tell someone else you can trust until you get the help you need.






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Acknowledgement of Country
In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands in which the Diocese of Parramatta sits, the land of the Darug and Gundungurra people.
We would like to pay our respects to the Aboriginal Elders past, present and future for they hold the traditions, memories and wisdom of Mother Earth on which we place our feet upon today.
Artwork by Joshua Sly
Aboriginal Education Assistant and Biripi Artist.

