Victim-Survivor Support

If you have experienced abuse from someone representing the Catholic Church, please know, we care, we want to help, and we are sorry for what has been done to you.

To report please call your local law enforcement agency or 911.

Letter of His Holiness Pope Francis
To the People of God

“If one member suffers, all suffer together with it” (1 Cor 12:26).  These words of Saint Paul forcefully echo in my heart as I acknowledge once more the suffering endured by many minors due to sexual abuse, the abuse of power and the abuse of conscience perpetrated by a significant number of clerics and consecrated persons.  Crimes that inflict deep wounds of pain and powerlessness, primarily among the victims, but also in their family members and in the larger community of believers and nonbelievers alike.  Looking back to the past, no effort to beg pardon and to seek to repair the harm done will ever be sufficient.  Looking ahead to the future, no effort must be spared to create a culture able to prevent such situations from happening, but also to prevent the possibility of their being covered up and perpetuated.  The pain of the victims and their families is also our pain, and so it is urgent that we once more reaffirm our commitment to ensure the protection of minors and of vulnerable adults. 

August 2018

Victim Support Contacts

• Archdiocesan Victim Assistance Coordinator, 907-297-7786
  •  Robbie Izzard
  • Jenny Michaelson
•  STAR, Standing Together Against Rape at 1-800-478-8999
•  S.A.F.E. Child Advocacy Center, Juneau – 907-463-6157
• Alaska C.A.R.E.S. 907-212-2492 or 877-561-8301

Local/National Resources

• Alaska Community Resources (PDF)
• National Resources (PDF)