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  • [Catholic Caucus] USCCB seminary norms won't include proposed background database

    02/18/2022 2:27:48 PM PST · by ebb tide · 4 replies
    The Pillar ^ | February 18, 2022 | The Pillar
    [Catholic Caucus] USCCB seminary norms won't include proposed background databaseA U.S. bishops’ conference draft policy update on seminary formation does not incorporate a call to build a national screening database of applicants to seminaries and religious orders. Advocates say a database could help flag problem seminary applicants before they are accepted, by tracking rejected applications from seminaries or religious orders, along with those applications deferred or withdrawn.The database was proposed to the U.S. bishops’ conference by an Ohio seminary nearly six years ago, but there has been no apparent move toward adopting it. It has not been included in the...