Victim
Assistance
24-Hour Victim Assistance Hotline: (225)
242-0250
Amy J. Cordon is the Victim Assistance Coordinator for the Diocese of Baton Rouge.
Her offices are at the Catholic
Life Center, 1800 South Acadian Thruway, in Baton Rouge. Her
mailing address is P. O. Box 2028, Baton Rouge, LA 70821-2028;
telephone 225-242-0202; fax 225-242-0233. A special confidential
"Sexual Abuse Victim Response Contact Hotline" to be used in
reporting any instance of child sexual abuse by an employee of
the Church or a volunteer in one of the Church's programs has
been set up: (225) 242-0250.
Anyone victimized as a child or young
person is urged to report this first to secular
authorities. You can do this by contacting to the
Louisiana State Department of Social Services, by calling the
Louisiana State Police, as well as to the
special diocesan "Sexual Abuse Victim Response Contact Line," or
to the diocesan counselors at
Catholic Charities (telephone
225-336-8708).