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

• For an emergency, call 911
• Fairfax County Child Protective Services: 703-324-7400
• Virginia Child & Adult Protective Services: 800-552-7096
  
• Virginia Clergy Abuse Hotline: 804-674-2000
• Fairfax County Police Department: 703-246-7800
• Loudoun County Police Department: 703-777-1021
• Arlington County Police Department: 703-558-2222
• Diocese of Arlington’s Office of Victim Assistance: 703-841-2530
• Diocese of Arlington’s Office of Child Protection: 703-841-3847
• Victim’s Assistance for the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Kate McCauley, LCSW, 571-766-6840 or 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

• Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) have a support group for those who support victims of sexual abuse, meetings are on the second Wednesday of each month, 6-7:30 p.m. Pacific Time, contact Barbi Jolliffee at jolliffebarbi@gmail.com
• 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,” on the third Tuesday of each month, 6:30-8 p.m. Central Time
  • “Men’s Group,” on the first Monday 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
• Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) have a support group for those who support victims of sexual abuse, meetings are on the second Wednesday of each month, 6-7:30 p.m. Pacific Time, contact Barbi Jolliffee at jolliffebarbi@gmail.com