Sexual Abuse Within The Church

Author : Chris Rush Burkey,Michael C. Braswell,John T. Whitehead
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1003055753

Get Book

Sexual Abuse Within the Church by Chris Rush Burkey,Michael C. Braswell,John T. Whitehead Pdf

"This book takes a holistic approach by providing insight into the behavior and nature of sex offenders within the church. The text covers various types of sex offenders as well as their criminal propensities and methods of acquiring victims. Warning signs associated with sex crimes within the church are explained as well as security measures and prevention strategies that church leaders and criminal justice professionals can utilize to minimize risk to congregants. Discussion questions and case study scenarios are provided to allow the reader to examine relevant issues and explore a range of potential solutions and interventions. This comprehensive book is intended for criminal justice academicians who teach courses on sex crimes and sex offenders, criminal justice agents (police and investigators), seminary professors and students, and clergy members. It can also assist security teams, church board members, leaders, and teachers in developing intervention and prevention strategies"--

Author : Thomas G. Plante Ph.D.,Kathleen L. McChesney
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-20
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780313393884

Get Book

Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church by Thomas G. Plante Ph.D.,Kathleen L. McChesney Pdf

Taking on a still-controversial topic, a diverse group of experts, including victims and clergy, offers reflections on the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church, examining what the church has done—and what it still needs to do—to protect children. Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church: A Decade of Crisis, 2002–2012 is a thoughtful, multidisciplinary commentary. Beginning when the scandal first broke in Boston in 2002, this first-of-its-kind work offers a wide range of opinion, both positive and negative, on what has been done in the ensuing ten years to stop and prevent such abuse. Through the contributions here, readers can delve into the world of the church hierarchy and into the minds of abusive priests and their victims. The book presents the views of leading academics and psychologists, but also allows the church to speak. First-person insights from victims are shared, as in a chapter written by a woman abused by a clergy member as an adolescent. She explains what happened, the resulting trauma, how she healed, and what she thinks needs to be done to prevent future abuse—a subject that still makes headlines and stirs debate.

Author : Deepak Reju
Publisher : New Growth Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781939946997

Get Book

On Guard by Deepak Reju Pdf

On Guard offers churches eight strategies for preventing child abuse and three for responding to it, helping to move church staff and leaders beyond fearful awareness to prayerful preparedness.

Author : Robert Barron
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1943243484

Get Book

Letter to a Suffering Church by Robert Barron Pdf

Author : Carolyn H. Heggen
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2006-02-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781597525725

Get Book

Sexual Abuse in Christian Homes and Churches by Carolyn H. Heggen Pdf

ÐAs my father abused me he quoted Bible verses to show how bad I was. ÐEach Sunday I'd go to church with my family and hear that God loved me and was watching over me. Then we'd go home and I'd get abused again and wonder why God didn't protect me from these people who went to church. --anonymous survivors This book by a psychotherapist specializing in sexual abuse confronts harsh realities. But Dr. Heggen also offers hope that confronting broken sexuality will bring healing--for survivors of abuse, for perpetrators, for the church.

Author : Brandon Vogt
Publisher : Ave Maria Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781594717680

Get Book

Why I Am Catholic (and You Should Be Too) by Brandon Vogt Pdf

Winner of a 2018 Catholic Press Association Award: Popular Presentation of the Catholic Faith. (First Place). With atheism on the rise and millions tossing off religion, why would anyone consider the Catholic Church? Brandon Vogt, a bestselling author and the content director for Bishop Robert Barron’s Word on Fire Catholic Ministries, shares his passionate search for truth, a journey that culminated in the realization that Catholicism was right about a lot of things, maybe even everything. His persuasive case for the faith reveals a vision of Catholicism that has answers our world desperately needs and reminds those already in the Church what they love about it. A 2016 study by the Public Religion Research Institute found that 25 percent of adults (39 percent of young adults) describe themselves as unaffiliated with any religion. Millions of these so-called “nones” have fled organized religion and many more have rejected God altogether. Brandon Vogt was one of those nones. When he converted to Catholicism in college, he knew how confusing that decision was to many of his friends and family. But he also knew that the evidence he discovered pointed to one conclusion: Catholicism is true. To his delight, he discovered it was also exceedingly good and beautiful. Why I Am Catholic traces Vogt’s spiritual journey, making a refreshing, twenty-first century case for the faith and answering questions being asked by agnostics, nones, and atheists, the audience for his popular website, StrangeNotions.com, where Catholics and atheists dialogue. With references to Catholic thinkers such as G. K. Chesterton, Ven. Fulton Sheen, St. Teresa of Calcutta, and Bishop Robert Barron, Vogt draws together lines of evidence to help seekers discover why they should be Catholic as an alternative. Why I Am Catholic serves as a compelling reproposal of the Church for former Catholics, a persuasive argument for truth and beauty to those who have become jaded and disenchanted with religion, and at the same time offers practicing Catholics a much-needed dose of confidence and clarity to affirm their faith against an increasingly skeptical culture.

Author : Leon J. Podles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Child sexual abuse by clergy
ISBN : 0979027993

Get Book

Sacrilege by Leon J. Podles Pdf

Sacrilege explores the deep roots of the Catholic Church's sexual-abuse scandal, revealing its full depth and breadth. In horrifying yet necessary detail, former federal investigator Leon Podles surveys the full extent of the damage, showing how victims were failed by bishops, laity, therapists, police, courts, press, and even popes. Examining the history behind today's headlines, Dr. Podles reveals how centuries-old theological errors encouraged blind submission to hierarchy, by making obedience to authority the highest virtue. He also shines a light on the new theological errors, popularized since Vatican II, that glorify every type of sexual expression--including pedophilia. Sacrilege will prove an essential resource for all those concerned with the history and future of Catholicism.

Author : Chris Rush Burkey,Michael C. Braswell,John T. Whitehead
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000464153

Get Book

Sexual Abuse Within the Church by Chris Rush Burkey,Michael C. Braswell,John T. Whitehead Pdf

This book takes a holistic approach by providing insight into the behavior and nature of sex offenders within the church. The text covers various types of sex offenders as well as their criminal propensities and methods of acquiring victims. Warning signs associated with sex crimes within the church are explained as well as security measures and prevention strategies that church leaders and criminal justice professionals can utilize to minimize risk to congregants. Discussion questions and case study scenarios are provided to allow the reader to examine relevant issues and explore a range of potential solutions and interventions. This comprehensive book is intended for criminal justice academicians who teach courses on sex crimes and sex offenders, criminal justice agents (police and investigators), seminary professors and students, and clergy members. It can also assist security teams, church board members, leaders, and teachers in developing intervention and prevention strategies.

Author : Miryam Clough
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000566482

Get Book

Vocation and Violence by Miryam Clough Pdf

As #MeToo and its sister movement #ChurchToo demonstrated, sexual violence is systemic in many and varied workplace settings, including Christian churches, and can destroy women’s careers and vocational aspirations. The study draws on empirical evidence – personal stories from survivors and the views of church leaders and educators – in dialogue with theoretical perspectives, to consider clergy sexual abuse of adult women and the conditions that support it. Institutional abuse only changes when survivors come forward. This study focusses on New Zealand Anglicanism, the locus of the author’s experience, and has resonance for a range of denominational settings. It aims to be a useful resource to clergy, ministry educators, and those training for ministry, and to academics and scholars with an interest in theology, gender, and professional ethics. Notably, it will be a potentially helpful text for women survivors of sexual misconduct by clergy, not least those who are considering a future in the church or grieving the loss of one. The volume concludes by suggesting that alternative theological models and relational ethics are essential if the church is to truly address the problem of clergy sexual abuse and give greater priority to the abused.

Author : James T. O'Reilly,Margaret S. P. Chalmers
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199937936

Get Book

The Clergy Sex Abuse Crisis and the Legal Responses by James T. O'Reilly,Margaret S. P. Chalmers Pdf

Legal disputes over worldwide, including the U.S., sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests, and over efforts by Roman Catholic bishops to conceal clerical misconduct, have produced many headlines and public discussion. However, the precise legal issues involved remain a mystery to most observers. In this study, James O'Reilly and Margaret Chalmers examine the role of canon law in these cases and the interplay between the global church-based law and the laws of individual jurisdictions where criminal actions and lawsuits are brought.

Author : Dawn Eden
Publisher : Ave Maria Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781594713460

Get Book

My Peace I Give You by Dawn Eden Pdf

Dawn Eden, internationally known speaker and author of the bestselling The Thrill of the Chaste, shows how the lives of the saints have given her hope and aided her journey of spiritual healing after childhood sexual abuse. One in four American women and one in six American men report having been sexually abused during childhood and My Peace I Give You: Healing Sexual Wounds with the Help of the Saints provides a much-needed resource for spiritual healing from the isolating effects of these wounds. Eden uses her own story as a backdrop to introduce numerous holy people— like Laura Vicuña, Thomas Aquinas and Bernard of Clairvaux—who suffered sexual abuse or sexual inappropriateness, as well as saints such as Ignatius of Loyola who suffered other forms of mistreatment and abandonment. Readers seeking wholeness will discover saints with wounds like their own, whose stories bear witness to the transforming power of grace. Eden explores different dimensions of divine love—sheltering, compassionate, purifying, etc.—to help those sexually wounded in childhood understand their identity in the abiding love of Christ.

Author : Sheila Wray Gregoire
Publisher : Kregel Publications
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780825495946

Get Book

How Big Is Your Umbrella? by Sheila Wray Gregoire Pdf

In this down-to-earth, practical book, author Sheila Wray Gregoire takes readers on a journey through many of her own hurts. From a broken engagement to the loss of a child, Sheila is well equipped to teach others about God's faithfulness in tough times.

Author : Jason Berry
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Child sexual abuse
ISBN : 0252068122

Get Book

Lead Us Not Into Temptation by Jason Berry Pdf

While seminaries, by many accounts, admit an increasing number of homosexuals, women are strictly barred from ministerial roles. The church's time-honored tradition of "avoiding scandal" also backfires. For by the shielding of fallen clerics, Berry shows, the suffering of the abused is often compounded.

Author : Elinor Burkett,Frank Bruni
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : UOM:39015026983927

Get Book

A Gospel of Shame by Elinor Burkett,Frank Bruni Pdf

The relentless crescendo of revelations of sexual abuse in the nation's Catholic churches has rocked the nation. Just how widespread is child sexual abuse by the Catholic clergy? And why hasn't the Catholic church done more to stop it?In A Gospel of Shame, Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalists Elinor Burkett and Frank Bruni provide the answers to these questions and more. The answers, however, turn out to be infuriating and heartbreaking, difficult to accept but impossible to dismiss. The authors thoroughly document dozens of cases across the country and reveal how this heinous abuse of trust has been tacitly sanctioned by the Church's silence.

Author : Anthony J. Blasi,Lluis Oviedo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000064926

Get Book

The Abuse of Minors in the Catholic Church by Anthony J. Blasi,Lluis Oviedo Pdf

This book offers an academically rigorous examination of the biological, psychological, social and ecclesiastical processes that allowed sexual abuse in the Catholic Church to happen and then be covered up. The collected essays provide a means to better assess systemic wrongdoing in religious institutions, so that they can be more effectively held to account. An international team of contributors apply a necessarily multi-disciplinary approach to this difficult subject. Chapters look closely at the sexual abuse of minors by Roman Catholic clerics, explaining the complexity of this issue, which cannot be reduced to simple misconduct, sexual deviation, or a management failure alone. The book will help the reader to better understand the social, organizational, and cultural processes in the Church over recent decades, as well as the intricate world of beliefs, moral rules, and behaviours. It concludes with some strategies for change at the individual and corporate levels that will better ensure safeguarding within the Catholic Church and its affiliate institutions. This multifaceted study gives a nuanced analysis of this huge organizational failure and offers recommendations for effective ways of preventing it in the future. As such, it will be of keen interest to scholars of Religious Studies, Sociology of Religion, Psychology, Psychiatry, Legal Studies, Ethics, Anthropology, Cultural Studies, History, and Theology.