NBC's Hansen addresses Catholic educators on online dangers

Published: 2007-07-05

NEWTON, Mass. (CNS) -- Like Catholic educators, Chris Hansen of the "To Catch a Predator" segments on "Dateline NBC" seeks to inform young people. Raising awareness and debunking myths about sexual predators have been the aims of the 11 reports he has worked on thus far, he said. "What was stunning to me was that these guys didn't have the word 'predator' tattooed across their foreheads. They looked like a guy who could be standing next to you at the grocery store or the dry cleaners," Hansen said in his keynote address at the 12th annual Selected Programs for Improving Catholic Education conference, known as SPICE, held in late June at Boston College. The conference was organized by Boston College in collaboration with the National Catholic Educational Association, which serves more than 200,000 Catholic educators nationwide. The annual program aims to provide assistance to Catholic school administrators and staff by showcasing effective programs in place at Catholic schools throughout the country. The topic of the 2007 conference was "Kids on the Edge: The Perils and Potential of Media and Technology in Catholic Education."

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