The members of the Safeguarding Commission are:

Chairman
Mr Michael Devlin      

Safeguarding Co-ordinator
Rev. Fr Barry O’Sullivan

Fr O’Sullivan has been diocesan safeguarding co-ordinator since 2001, and has extensive training in the field. We give his main qualifications here:

1995 – 1999: chaplain at HMP Wymott, tutor HMP Sex Offender Treatment Programme

1999 – 2001: Boston USA, Masters in Counselling Psychology

2001 – present: Safeguarding Co-ordinator, Diocese of Salford

2010: Post-Graduate Certificate in Behavioural Forensic Psychology, Member of CEOP Academy

2008 – present – Doctorate in Counselling at University of Manchester researching the following thesis: The Sexual Abuse of Children by some Roman Catholic Priests. What is the impact on other Catholic Priests’ Ministry with Children?

• Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
• Member of Anglophone Conference, Vatican City 
• Chair of the Catholic Safeguarding Advisory Service Working Party for developing a national training programme for priests 

Safeguarding Advisor
Uschi Muller

Media Advisor
Fr John Flynn

Members
Marie Corran
Dr Maria Cunningham
Detective Inspector Michael Montford
Fr Christopher Dawson
Mr Mark Wiggin