Title |
Child Sexual Abuse in the Anglican Church of Australia
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Published in |
Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, September 2012
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DOI | 10.1080/10538712.2012.689424 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Patrick N. Parkinson, R. Kim Oates, Amanda A. Jayakody |
Abstract |
This article reports on a retrospective study of cases of child sexual abuse complaints made against clergy, other employed pastoral staff, and volunteers in the Anglican Church of Australia between 1990 and 2008. There were 191 allegations of sexual abuse made by 180 complainants against 135 individuals. Twenty-seven of those 135 had more than one complaint made against them. Three-quarters of all complainants were male. The most likely explanation for the large proportion of abused males is that the church gives many more opportunities for abusers to be alone with boys than with girls. Prevention strategies need to focus on reducing the opportunities for abuse to occur as well strategies concerning the recruitment of professional staff and volunteers. |
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Central African Republic | 1 | 33% |
New Zealand | 1 | 33% |
Unknown | 1 | 33% |
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Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 33% |
Members of the public | 1 | 33% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 33% |
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United States | 1 | 2% |
Unknown | 48 | 98% |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 18% |
Researcher | 7 | 14% |
Student > Master | 6 | 12% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 10% |
Student > Bachelor | 4 | 8% |
Other | 6 | 12% |
Unknown | 12 | 24% |
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Psychology | 13 | 27% |
Arts and Humanities | 2 | 4% |
Design | 2 | 4% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 1 | 2% |
Other | 2 | 4% |
Unknown | 15 | 31% |