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Volunteers for Pope Francis Philadelphia visit put through rigorous background checks

Tom Klein describes the screening processed employed by Sterling Volunteers on the thousands of World Meeting of Families volunteers: "It is our most comprehensive volunteer screening in terms of its breadth and depth," Klein said. "We live in a country where criminal court records are stored at thousands of different repositories, in county courts, state departments of corrections, data bases and county and municipal repositories. To find criminal records comprehensively it takes a very wide net to be cast."

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Papal screening and training under way in Philadelphia and beyond

Before the World Meeting of Families and papal visit can happen, thousands of volunteers must be trained. Volunteers need background checks too. Tom Klein talks about the screening some of the 10 thousand papal volunteers in this radio interview.

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6,000 volunteers ready to lend many hands this September

Volunteers are an integral part of the Pope’s visit to Philadelphia in September. Sterling Volunteers is tasked with screening them all.

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