Sarha Gomez
Administrative Assistant
On any given day in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles (including Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties), there are 16,200 individuals incarcerated in the detention system. These numbers pale in comparison when you consider not only these individuals but their victims and the families and communities affected by crime and the criminal justice system.
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has long recognized the benefits – both spiritual and secular – of providing a regular religious practice for inmates and of offering outreach, support and reconciliation for victims and the families.
Our Vision is of a society that follows the Restorative Justice principles of love, hope, and mercy to all of God’s people.
Our Mission is to embrace Jesus’ invitation to walk with the incarcerated and comfort those who mourn while providing pastoral care for the incarcerated (men, women, and juveniles), victims, and their families; and to work with others to inspire positive changes in the criminal justice system.
Our Approach includes offering masses/communion services, one-on-one counseling sessions, sacramental preparations, and small group gatherings that address low self-esteem, addiction and recovery from a Catholic perspective.
Click here to learn more about the ministries and programs offered by our department.
Office of Restorative Justice
5011 White Oak Avenue, Encino, CA 91316
(818) 201-3100 tel
(818) 201-3106 fax
Administrative Assistant
Chaplain at Twin Towers Correctional Facility
Chaplain at Pitchess Detention Center – NCCF
Chaplain at Pitchess Detention Center – South / Crime Survivors’ Ministry Facilitator
Chaplain at Los Angeles Men’s Central Jail
Chaplain at Pitchess Detention Center – South
Chaplain at Los Angeles Men’s Central Jail
Chaplain at Santa Barbara Main Jail
Chaplain at Pitchess Detention Center – North
Chaplain at Ventura County Jail
Chaplain at Century Regional Detention Facility
Chaplain at Pitches Detention Center
Chaplain at Twin Towers Correctional Facility
Chaplain & Coordinator of Juvenile Camps
Chaplain at Central Juvenile Hall
Chaplain at Los Angeles Men’s Central Jail
Coordinator, Families of Incarcerated
Assistant Families of the Incarcerated / Correspondence Facilitator
Crime Survivors’ Ministry Facilitator
Chaplain at Pitchess Detention Center – South / Crime Survivors’ Ministry Facilitator