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Baltimore, Md., Sep 6, 2012 \/ 10:01 am (CNA<\/a>).- Catholic Relief Services has announced revisions to an HIV prevention document because of its \u201cinappropriate information\u201d about condoms and their use.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cDespite the mistakes, at no point did CRS purchase or distribute condoms. We are revising the document to ensure that it meets our standards as approved by the USCCB,\u201d Michael Hill, a senior writer with the relief agency, told CNA Sept. 5.<\/p>\n

\tHill said the 179-page document was written in 2009 by outside consultants for a Vietnam program that aimed to halt the spread of HIV among intravenous drug users.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cCRS staff prescribed revisions to the document that were not carried out by the external consultant in the final, posted document,\u201d he said. This meant that five sentences in the document referred to condom use among couples where one person is HIV positive and the other is HIV negative.<\/p>\n

\tThe agency announced the revisions in Aug. 31 in response to a report from LifeSite News.<\/p>\n

\tThe relief agency, which is overseen by the U.S. bishops, has 5,000 employees working to help more than 100 million people across the world address poverty, hunger, drought, disease and other emergencies.<\/p>\n

\tLifeSite News has also reported on several of the agency\u2019s employees who have records of past employment with agencies that support legal abortion or distribute abortion drugs and condoms.<\/p>\n

\tOne reported case also involves an employee\u2019s assault on pro-life demonstrators.<\/p>\n

\tCharisse Glassman, a legislative assistant with Catholic Relief Services-Haiti, was charged with assault last year after she drove her car into a female pro-life demonstrator in a crowd at the March for Life in January 2011. Court records say Glassman allegedly laughed several times during the incident.<\/p>\n

\tIn response to the questions raised about employees, Michael Hill stated that Catholic Relief Services employees \u201call are expected to follow Church teachings and doctrines\u201d in their work for the agency.<\/p>\n

\tThe agency also aims to hire \u201cthe best qualified people for jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIn many cases, that requires that an employee be Catholic, but in many it does not,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\tPotential employees are informed about the agency\u2019s Catholic identity and are asked about their commitment to the agency\u2019s \u201cfaith-based mission.\u201d All job postings also note \u201cfundamental\u201d Catholic teachings.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIf someone has previously worked at an employer with policies that are not in agreement with Catholic teachings, we do not assume that the applicant shares those views,\u201d Hill said. \u201cWe do ask about their commitment to Catholic teachings to ensure they are a good fit for CRS.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tHill said the agency does not investigate employees\u2019 outside activities but it expects employees to \u201cconduct themselves with integrity to CRS\u2019 values and its fidelity to Church teachings.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tIn July, Catholic Relief Services responded to concerns about its funding of CARE, an international humanitarian organization that provides relief to the needy in developing nations but also offers contraception and early abortion-inducing drugs. Catholic Relief Services said the funding was carefully restricted to morally acceptable purposes and was reviewed by a Catholic bioethicist.<\/p>\n

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