All clergy, staff, and volunteers who previously participated in the VIRTUS® Protecting God's Children for Adults training are required to be VIRTUS® recertified every four years. Recertification takes place on or before the expiration date of the last certificate.Recertification options include:
Attending the one-and-a-half-hour VIRTUS® Keeping the Promise Alive recertification program
Repeating the three-hour VIRTUS® Protecting God's Children for Adults program
Qualifying for an Option #3 Recertification by registering with VIRTUS®online using information from your Protecting God's Children certificate and reading VIRTUS® online bulletins every month for four years
Completion of the self-paced (approx. 1-2 hours) online mandated reporting course entitled Reporting Suspected Child Abuse or Neglect, which is accessed through this portal: https://moodle.la-archdiocese.org/login/index.php