This chapter explores the traumatic impact of sexual abuse on lived religion through a case
study of the Sodalicio Society in Peru. It draws on recent interviews with eight male …

This article presents the findings from qualitative interviews to explore responses to the idea
of Jesus as victim of sexual abuse. The seven participants are adult male survivors of prior …

This study proposes that the term 'spiritual abuse'is helpful for an understanding of systemic
mistreatment experienced by six former-nuns who belonged to the community 'Servants of …

After over 50 years of warfare, Colombia has the largest internally displaced population in
the world. Internally displaced women appear to be particularly at risk of sexual violence …

Where we find trauma, we often find spirituality. Empirical studies have shown that many
people seek support from their faith when they face crises in living, and from 50% to 85% of …

This article offers testimonies of spiritual and sexual abuse committed in the Sodalitium. It
describes the conservative ethos which characterises the foundation of the Sodalitium in …

Every year thousands of people are subjected to sexual abuse and a substantial part of that
abuse occurs within the family. Many victims of sexual abuse find it hard to disclose being a …

ABSTRACT The Catholic Church has faced a large number of complaints against its
representatives for sexual crimes that involved children and adolescents as victims. The …

This paper has been adapted from the literature review of the author's PhD
phenomenological study entitled “Idiosyncratic Trauma Characteristics Experienced by …

The sexual exploitation of a child by one who has been recognized as a representative of
God is a sinister assault on that person's psychosocial and spiritual well-being. Many …