DIOCESAN FORMS, POLICIES, & INFORMATION

Required Forms to be Provided and Completed Prior to Employment or Volunteering
[See your local parish or Catholic school.] Forms in Section A and B as follows: 

A) FCRA Summary of Rights and Background Check Consent Form(s)

• Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) summary of your rights

• Employee and volunteer background check consent form (National Background Check)**

**The National Background Check is applicable for adults only. Employees who are minors and between the ages of 16 and 18 complete the MN BCA background check consent only. If the minor is employed at the time he or she becomes 18, the National Background Check consent is completed at that time.

• Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (MN BCA) background check consent form

The following individuals need to have a MN BCA background check, as well as a national background check: Catholic school teachers, employees of a Catholic school, employees of a parish connected with a Catholic school, all Catholic school coaches (both athletic and academic programs, both employees and volunteers), all diocesan pastoral center employees, all parish and school custodians with key access to a facility regardless if associated with a Catholic school, and all employed minors** between the ages of 16 and 18. Catholic schools are required to follow the MN BCA requirements as set forth in MN statutes. 

• In Spanish: Background Check form and Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) summary
  of your rights

B) Policy 13 and Appropriate Code of Conduct: Forms A & B Acknowledgement of Receipt

• Sexual Misconduct Policy of the Diocese of New Ulm (Forms A, B, and C) May 2019

• Code of Conduct for Volunteers Who Work with Children, Youth, and Vulnerable Adults (2-9-2011)

• Code of Conduct for Volunteers Who Work with Children, Youth, and Vulnerable Adults (in Spanish)

• Code of Professional Responsibility for Pastoral Leaders, Administrators, and Employees (2-9-2011)

Catholic School Personnel Related Information:

Link to MN statues regarding background checks for school personnel       Note:  The current actual cost for the MN BCA is $8.00 per background check. The individual school employee may be asked to pay the fee either to the school hiring authority or to be made payable to MN BCA. Other individuals are to follow the requirements set forth by the parish/Catholic school. 

Additional requirement for licensed school teachers--Teacher Discipline Inquiry System (MN Statute)

Policies

• 13.0 Sexual Misconduct Policy of the Diocese of New Ulm

• 13.0 Sexual Misconduct Policy of the Diocese of New Ulm (in Spanish)

• 13.1 Sexual Misconduct Policy and Minors

• 13.2 Safe Environment Program for the Diocese of New Ulm

• 13.3 Criminal Background Checks for all Pastoral Leaders and those who Work with Minors

• 13.4 Disqualifying Crimes or Conduct

  • Appendix 1: Disqualifying Crimes or Conduct - Minnesota Statutes 2016

• 13.5 Youth/Minor Overnight Events, Activities and Ministries

• 13.6 Youth/Minor Gatherings at Private Residences

Notification and Approval Request Forms

• Speakers on Faith and Morals: Approval Request Form (January 2017)

  • Policy - Diocesan - Administration

• Visiting Cleric (Sacramental) and Mission Co-Op Presenters: Approval Request Form (September 2016)

  • Note: Open this form in Adobe Acrobat Reader to use as a fill-able form

Other Diocesan Documents

• Bishop LeVoir Re-affirms VIRTUS: Protecting God's Children as the adult training program for diocese

• Sexual Misconduct Procedural Handbook (Updated October 2015)

• Background Check Procedure Manual (Updated September 2016)

• Minor Code of Behavior Form (Completed forms kept at the local site),