In the late 1980s and early 1990s of ISKCON, the youth began to speak up making it increasingly clear that our society had problems with child abuse. At a meeting of North American ISKCON leaders in 1996 a group of youth graphically described the maltreatment they suffered when they were children, under the care of ISKCON. This caused the devotees present to establish the “Task Force on Child Abuse in ISKCON” created by the GBC in 1997.

As a result of the recommendations of that Task Force, the ISKCON Central Office of Child Protection was established.

In 2005 the GBC adopted a Child Protection Policy and Procedure Guideline for implementation on how to respond to allegations of child abuse.