Child rights officials find no violations in church workers’ QR checks

Child rights specialists have checked some QR codes held by people working with children in church communities and have found no violations so far, LRT reported, citing Ilma Skuodienė, director of the State Child Rights Protection and Adoption Service.

“The QR codes are currently being checked. Some have already been checked, while others are still being reviewed. I cannot say that there is any exceptional information indicating that people who teach or lead First Communion classes do not have QR codes,” Skuodienė told reporters after a meeting with Seimas Speaker Juozas Olekas.

She said the authorities were waiting for additional data until September 11 and would process it afterwards.

Amendments to Lithuania’s Law on the Fundamentals of Protection of the Rights of the Child came into force in November 2024. They require checks on people working with minors, who must have a special electronic document known as a QR code. It allows authorities to verify whether a person has been convicted of sexual or other serious crimes.