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April 15, 2005
Catholic Bishops Name Abuse Reform Chief
April 15, 2005 [Associated Press]
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops named a veteran Illinois state police official Friday to head the office that monitors the hierarchy's reforms to prevent clergy sexual abuse.
Since retiring from the state police in 2003, Teresa M. Kettelkamp has conducted audits in 16 Catholic dioceses for the Gavin Group, a private security firm working for the bishops' Office of Child and Youth Protection — the office where Kettelkamp will now be executive director. She also helped Gavin develop audit questionnaires and manuals.
Kettelkamp, of Springfield, Ill., replaces Kathleen McChesney, the first director and a former FBI executive who resigned in February.
The appointment was made by Monsignor William P. Fay, general secretary of the bishops' conference, with advice from the National Review Board, a lay panel that monitors both the bishops' reform program and the child protection office.
Kettelkamp, the mother of two college students, was the first woman to reach the rank of colonel in the Illinois state police.
She was manager of the Division of Forensic Services, supervising nine laboratories, and before that led the Division of Internal Investigation, which probes allegations of misconduct in the state police and Illinois state government. In another assignment, she supervised 28 agents who specialized in cases involving missing or sexually exploited children.
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Bishops' child protection office: http://www.usccb.org/ocyp
Posted by Nancy at April 15, 2005 01:03 AM