AMRI SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT
Background information
Association of Missionaries and Religious in Ireland (AMRI) was established in 2017. It was the amalgamation of CORI (Conference of Religious of Ireland) and IMU (Irish Missionary Union).
The membership of AMRI comprises the Leaders of over 150 Religious Congregations, Societies of Apostolic Life, Contemplatives and Lay Missionary Organisations.
The secretariat is located at Kimmage Manor, Whitehall Road, Dublin D12TY2W
Phone 01-5310055
The secretariat is responsible for the administration and support of Members in Leadership roles.
The secretariat supports and assists Members via the Subscription to AMRI and this includes Leadership Support, Justice Peace and Ecology, Vocational Ministry. This is backed up by administrators in Finance and daily office duties.
AMRI Executive.
President – Fr Joe Mc Gee MSC
Vice President – Sr Barbara Murphy IBVM
AMRI Secretariat
Secretary General – Gerard Gallagher – sec.gen@amri.ie
VETTING STAFF – vetting@amri.ie
AIM of Policy/Statement
This policy is intended to give guidance in identifying the values, principles, policies and procedures underpinning AMRI’s position on creating safe environments for children and adults at risk of abuse.
Safeguarding Policy Statement
A Safe and Welcoming Church: Safeguarding Children Policy and Standards for the Catholic Church in Ireland, 2024 is a one for all Church policy that has been adopted by all bodies in the Catholic Church in Ireland. This shared, holistic approach embeds safeguarding principals into everyday Catholic ministry to prioritise safety and actively prevent abuse.
AMRI Executive members, staff and members of AMRI are committed to A Safe and Welcoming Church: Safeguarding Children Policy and Standards for the Catholic Church in Ireland, 2024.
We believe that every person has a right to expect the highest level of care and protection encouraged by respect and love.
We will ensure that all our staff and members are aware of the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland’s Safeguarding Standards, in their roles and responsibilities.
Responding to concerns or allegations of abuse
It is the policy of the Catholic Church in Ireland that religious and diocesan personnel report all allegations, concerns or suspicions of abuse to the relevant statutory authorities regardless of whether the abuse occurred recently or in the past.
If you have a safeguarding concern and/or wish to report an allegation of abuse, please contact the Designated Liaison Person, (DLP) for the relevant Religious Congregation: View the List of AMRI Members HERE
If you wish to report directly to the statutory authorities, please contact:
Tusla Child & Family Agency An Garda Siochána
www.tusla.ie Free & Confidential
[link local contact details] Tel: 1800 555 222
Do not delay in contacting An Garda Siochana, using 999 if a child or adult is believed to be in immediate danger.
Support Services
Towards Healing is an independent organisation, funded by the Catholic Church, providing professional support for people who have experienced institutional, clerical or religious abuse in Ireland
Freephone 1800 303416 UK Freephone 08001026172
Tuesday to Friday – 10am to 4pm
Email info@towardshealing.ie Website: https://towardshealing.ie
Towards Peace provides spiritual support for survivors of abuse by Catholic Church personnel in Ireland
Ms. Una Allen, Coordinator
Phone: + 353 (0) 1 5053028 Mobile: + 353 (0) 86 7710533
Monday & Tuesday 9am – 4pm, Wednesday 9am -12 noon.
Email: towardspeace@iecon.ie Website: www.towardspeace.ie
Connect is a free and confidential telephone counselling and support service for any adult who has experienced abuse, trauma or neglect in childhood. The service is also available to partners or relatives of people with these experiences.
Connect is an out of hours service available Wednesday to Sunday 6–10pm
Phone: ROI: 1800 477 477 / UK/NI: 00800 477 477 77 www.connectcounselling.ie
The HSE National Counselling Service (NCS) [link]offers free, confidential face to face counselling to adults who were abused or neglected in childhood. It was established in 2000 in response to the recognition that a large number of adults had been abused as children while in care in State institutions in Ireland. https://www2.hse.ie/mental-health/services-support/ncs/
Read the Annual Report 2024-25 Here
NBSCCC Annual Report 2024-2025
Background
AMRI and the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference are the sponsoring bodies of the National Board for Safeguarding in the Catholic Church in Ireland.
The National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland incorporating the National Office for Safeguarding Children (collectively the National Board) was established in 2006 to provide best practice advice and to monitor the safeguarding of children in the Catholic Church in Ireland. The National Board was established to provide advice, services and assistance to constituent members of the Catholic Church in furtherance of the development of the safeguarding of children within the Roman Catholic Church on the island of Ireland. The National Board also has a role in monitoring Church bodies compliance with civil legislation and constitutional imperatives, policy and best practice; and it is required to report upon activities of the Company and the cooperation which it receives in respect of such activities to the extent that such activities are always and in all respects carried out with due regard to the doctrines and applicable Canon Law of the Roman Catholic Church.
AMRI and the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference are the sponsoring bodies of the National Board for Safeguarding in the Catholic Church in Ireland.
The National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland incorporating the National Office for Safeguarding Children (collectively the National Board) was established in 2006 to provide best practice advice and to monitor the safeguarding of children in the Catholic Church in Ireland.
The National Board was established to provide advice, services and assistance to constituent members of the Catholic Church in furtherance of the development of the safeguarding of children within the Roman Catholic Church on the island of Ireland. The National Board also has a role in monitoring Church bodies compliance with civil legislation and constitutional imperatives, policy and best practice; and it is required to report upon activities of the Company and the cooperation which it receives in respect of such activities to the extent that such activities are always and in all respects carried out with due regard to the doctrines and applicable Canon Law of the Roman Catholic Church.
