​​​​​All clergy who are active in any ministry in the archdiocese must be fingerprinted under the California Education Code. Pastors/administrators who are assigned to oversee preschools must also be fingerprinted under the California Health and Safety Code and pass a background check. All clergy fingerprints are submitted to the California Department of Justice and the FBI. This fingerprinting requirement includes the archbishop, bishops, all priests (whether archdiocesan priests, members of a religious institute/order, or extern priests) with faculties in the archdiocese, as well as all deacons, all deacons in formation, all seminarians, and any clergy who wish to have short-term faculties (i.e., faculties for 15 days to 2 months) ​or long-term faculties (i.e., faculties for more than 2 months) in the archdiocese​. See ​​Faculties for Visit​ing Elsewhere and for Clergy and Externs Ministering in the Archdiocese​. Fingerprint reports and any subsequent arrest notifications are overseen by the ​vicar fo​​r clergy​ as a confidential reporter of criminal offender record information​ (CORI reporter).

7-20-2021; 1-30-2025