In the Charter, the Bishops state:
 

• We pledge most solemnly to one another and to you, God’s people, that we will work to our utmost for the protection of children and youth.

• We pledge that we will devote to this goal the resources and personnel necessary to accomplish it.

• We pledge that we will do our best to ordain to the priesthood and put into positions of trust only those who share this commitment to protecting children and youth.

• We pledge that we will work toward healing and reconciliation for those sexually abused by clerics.

• We make these pledges with a humbling sense of our own limitations, relying on the help of God and the support of his faithful priests and people to work with us to fulfill them.