Understanding the Impact of Clergy Sexual Abuse: Betrayal and Recovery

This volume examines clergy sexual abuse from several angles based on a series of conversations with abuse survivors, combining their stories with insight from experts in social work, psychology, religion, and other fields.

Offerings

survivor perspectives, how abuse affects religious beliefs and communities, psychosocial dimensions of abuse, survivor treatment and justice interventions

Best For

clergy, lay leaders, therapists, and judicatory personnel

Cost

purchase as a book or e-book

Suggested Uses

• Form a support group for survivors by reading the first and last part of the book about survivor perspectives, survivor treatment, and justice interventions.
• Gain a better understanding of the unique "traumatic impact" of clergy abuse by learning from the stories of survivors in addition to the psychosocial dimensions of abuse.