“Independent contractors are not employees or volunteers. They are not subject to background checks and safe environment training both because it would be unworkable to do so for employees of other companies and because students are always under the supervision of teachers and staff members who have received the required archdiocesan training for the care and protection of minors and who are re-certified annually,” Msgr. Farmer said.
Pat Guyton of the Child Advocacy Center reacted to the Church's statement by saying, "Whether an employee, a volunteer or a contract employee, anyone who has access to children in an institutional setting like a church or school should be carefully screened to keep children safe....Institutions run a high risk of liability if they don't do background checks on volunteers, employees and contract employees should they molest a child under their care at the school or church."
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