Support for Victims/Survivors
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We are here to offer support and healing
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We understand that the path to healing is different for each person.
If you or someone you care about is suffering the pain of sexual abuse by a bishop, priest, deacon or a representative of the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, our victim assistance coordinator is here to help. We serve as a point of contact for reports of Catholic Church-related incidents of sexual abuse and are available to assist individuals in seeking support and finding resources for protection and healing, whether the abuse is recent or occurred in the past.
Victims of sexual abuse by a bishop, priest, deacon or individual representing the Diocese of Pittsburgh can contact the victims' assistance coordinator, Laetitia Bridges, at (412) 456-3093, or toll free at 1-888-808-1235.
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Laetitia Bridges is here to help you
I joined the Secretariat for the Protection of Children, Youth and Vulnerable Adults in September of 2020 following 39 years as a Lay Ecclesial Minister, working as Director of Religious Education and a Pastoral Associate.
It has been my honor to walk with victim/survivors and/or their family members who choose to reach out to the diocese.
I’m here to listen to what has happened to you. I’m here to ensure that it doesn’t happen again. I’m here to help and to support you, no matter where you are on your road to healing.
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Laetitia Bridges, LPC, MA, MSEd,
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what is a victim assistance coordinator?
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Learn how the diocesan Victims Assistance Coordinator can help
Victims Assistance Coordinators across the US provide pastoral care to victims, help them to make formal complaints, arrange personal meetings, and do so much more.
Victims of sexual abuse by a bishop, priest, deacon or individual representing the Diocese of Pittsburgh can contact the diocesan victims' assistance coordinator, Laetitia Bridges, at (412) 456-3093, or toll free at 1-888-808-1235.
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Diocesan partnerships to help victims/survivorsThe diocese has partnered with two of Pittsburgh’s most experienced agencies helping victim/survivors: the Center for Victims and Pittsburgh Action Against Rape (PAAR).
These two agencies offer 24/7 hotlines with supportive and caring professionals to assist and/or help with a broad range of therapeutic and psychoeducational services for victims of abuse. See their contect information and their websites below:- Center for Victims: 1-866-644-2882
- Pittsburgh Action Against Rape: 1-866-END-RAPE
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Online Victim/Survivor groups
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Contact Us
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Laetitia Bridgeslbridgesdiopitt.orgDirector of Victim Assistance Ministry
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