An Exploratory Study on Mental Health, Social Problems and Spiritual Damage in Victims of Child Sexual Abuse by Catholic Clergy and Other Perpetrators

Autor: Noemí Pereda, Lorena Contreras Taibo, Anna Segura, Francisco Maffioletti Celedón
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of Child Sexual Abuse. 31:393-411
ISSN: 1547-0679
1053-8712
DOI: 10.1080/10538712.2022.2080142
Popis: The Catholic Church has faced a large number of complaints against its representatives for sexual crimes that involved children and adolescents as victims. The objective of this study was to characterize the dynamics of this type of event, its characteristics, and its effects in terms of mental health and social consequences, as well as the spiritual damage generated. The sample comprised 182 victims from Spain and Chile, divided into three mutually exclusive groups (
Databáze: OpenAIRE