Sexual abuse is a cross-cultural phenomenon related to multiple cultural contexts including
religious affiliation. The Haredi, or Orthodox Jewish community (OJC), constitutes a …

Child sexual abuse remains an underreported crime throughout the world, despite extensive
research and resources dedicated both to improving investigative techniques and helping …

Background Numerous national public inquiries have highlighted the problem of child
sexual abuse in religious organizations. Despite this, evidence of population-wide …

Objective: The goal of this study was to examine a sample of 38 adult victims of child sexual
abuse (CSA) by representatives of the Spanish Catholic Church. Method: An ad-hoc battery …

Christianity was founded on the teachings of Jesus, whose words emphasize protecting and
honoring children. Jesus' teachings are historically unique for the period with his emphasis …

Objective: Child sexual abuse (CSA) has been receiving growing research attention,
contributing significantly to the understanding of its prevalence, dynamics, and …

Disclosure of child sexual abuse (CSA) is essential to its mitigation and the protection of
children. Previous studies have greatly contributed to the understanding of disclosure rates …

Beginning in 2013, the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child
Sexual Abuse (referred to as the Royal Commission) bought to public consciousness a …

Sociological and historical research into sexual violence against children has reported
consistently that it is girls who have most often been the subject of sexual, psychological and …

Organizations that interact with children and young people have a duty of care to ensure the
safety of those children and young people from any manner of abuse, particularly from child …