What is it about?
Clergy sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church has received headline news attention for several decades. Yet, even with all of the attention many myths about clerical abuse in the Church still exists. This paper dispels the most common myths about clerical abuse with quality evidence.
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Why is it important?
Catholic or not, most people have been impacted by the Roman Catholic Church in one way or another via schools, universities, hospitals, clinics, social services, and so forth. Child protection is so important both in and outside of the Church environment that we need to have good evidence based information and policies to keep children safe and to better understand this topic that so often dominates the press.
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I've been working in the Catholic clergy abuse area as both a researcher and a clinician for over 30 years. I've treated and evaluated both victims and offenders and consult on local, regional, and national Church committees for child protection. I so strongly believe that clerical abuse is a solvable problem but only when good evidence based science and practice rule the day.
Professor THOMAS G PLANTE
Santa Clara University
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This page is a summary of: Clergy sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church: Dispelling eleven myths and separating facts from fiction., Spirituality in Clinical Practice, November 2019, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/scp0000209.
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