ISKCON Marks a Milestone in Child Protection with New CPOC Website: ISKCON’s founder Srila Prabhupada is shown in archival images lovingly offering prasadam to children — an embodiment of his enduring compassion and care for the innocent. Today, that legacy is being powerfully realized in a bold new initiative: the launch of ISKCON’s Child Protection Office Committee (CPOC) website. The official mission underscores that by safeguarding children’s well-being, “we not only nurture the future of ISKCON but also set an example for the world.” The new site (https://www.iskconcp.org/) delivers on that promise by providing a robust global hub of training, resources, and reporting tools — a move hailed by leaders as a historic achievement in the movement’s efforts to create truly safe communities.
Building on Srila Prabhupada’s legacy, ISKCON’s senior leaders have steadily elevated child protection as a core value. In 1996–97, youth testimonies of abuse prompted the GBC to form a Task Force on Child Abuse, leading to the establishment of the Central Office of Child Protection (COCP) in 1998. Over the past decades, ISKCON has repeatedly reinforced its safeguards — passing a formal Child Protection Policy in 2005 and updating it in 2018 to create the most comprehensive and up-to-date framework for child protection within the organization. The Society now treats child safety as a fundamental value, empowering leaders to act with accountability at every temple. These reforms reflect a maturation of ISKCON’s culture — from painful lessons of the past to proactive prevention — and paved the way for today’s global oversight structure.
ISKCON Marks a Milestone in Child Protection with New CPOC Website: ISKCON’s founder Srila Prabhupada is shown in archival images lovingly offering prasadam to children — an embodiment of his enduring compassion and care for the innocent. Today, that legacy is being powerfully realized in a bold new initiative: the launch of ISKCON’s Child Protection Office Committee (CPOC) website. The official mission underscores that by safeguarding children’s well-being, “we not only nurture the future of ISKCON but also set an example for the world.” The new site (https://www.iskconcp.org/) delivers on that promise by providing a robust global hub of training, resources, and reporting tools — a move hailed by leaders as a historic achievement in the movement’s efforts to create truly safe communities.
Building on Srila Prabhupada’s legacy, ISKCON’s senior leaders have steadily elevated child protection as a core value. In 1996–97, youth testimonies of abuse prompted the GBC to form a Task Force on Child Abuse, leading to the establishment of the Central Office of Child Protection (COCP) in 1998. Over the past decades, ISKCON has repeatedly reinforced its safeguards — passing a formal Child Protection Policy in 2005 and updating it in 2018 to create the most comprehensive and up-to-date framework for child protection within the organization. The Society now treats child safety as a fundamental value, empowering leaders to act with accountability at every temple. These reforms reflect a maturation of ISKCON’s culture — from painful lessons of the past to proactive prevention — and paved the way for today’s global oversight structure.