Diocese of Arlington Resources

See the Diocese of Arlington’s list of credibly accused priests from within the diocese

See the list of credibly accused priests from ProPublica

Learn how to report sexual abuse via the Diocese of Arlington — reporting forms are available in Akan, Eritrean, English, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese

How to Report Abuse

• If an emergency, call 911
• Fairfax County Police: (703) 691-2131
• Loudoun County Police: (703) 777-1021
• Arlington County: Police: (703) 558-2222
• Fairfax County Child Protective Services Hotline: (703) 324-7400
• Virginia Child & Adult Protective Services: (800) 552-7096 or (703) 228-1500
• Diocese of Arlington Office of Victim Assistance: Dr. Frank Moncher, (703) 841-2530, victimassistance@arlingtondiocese.org
• Victim’s Assistance for the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Kate McCauley, LCSW, (571) 766-6840, katemccauleylcsw@gmail.com

Virtual Victim/Survivor Support Group

For those who have experienced sexual abuse by clergy or others as a child or vulnerable adult

This is an independent, volunteer-based peer support group (not a therapy group) facilitated by Angie Boggs and is open to anyone who participates in a faith community and anyone who does not.

Angie is a Catholic laywoman and circle keeper. She is a bioethicist and board-certified chaplain experienced in addressing secondary traumatic distress and moral distress in a large health system. Angie is a participant in the STAR (strategies for trauma awareness and resilience) program at Eastern Mennonite University and a participant in a survivor support group sponsored by the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. Angie is a member of the St. John Neumann parish ACTION group committed to advocacy and reform.

If you are interested in participating, please email 2020victimssurvivors@gmail.com.

All emails and group participation and discussions are held in confidence.

Other Virtual Victim/Survivor Support Groups

• Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis–sponsored support groups, facilitated by Paula Kaempffer, outreach coordinator for restorative justice and abuse prevention: archspm.org/restorative-justice-groups
• Two independent support groups, facilitated by Jim Richter, M.D., based in the Twin Cities area
  • “All Are Welcome Survivors Meeting”, third Wednesday of each month, 6:30-8 p.m. Central Time
  • “Men’s Group”, fourth Wednesday of each month, 6:30-8 p.m. Central Time
• Awake Milwaukee (contact Sara Larson): awakemilwaukee.org/for-survivors
• Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP): snapnetwork.org/snap_locations
• Maria Goretti Network: mgoretti.org/chapter
• In the Archdiocese of Chicago, Tom Tharayil serves as a resource to victims/survivors; learn more about how the archdiocese is keeping children and youth safe during the COVID-19 pandemic