RT Article
T1 Recognising Jesus as a Victim of Sexual Abuse: Responses from Sodalicio Survivors in Peru
JF Religion & gender
VO 10
IS 1
SP 57
OP 75
A1 Figueroa, Rocío
A1 Tombs, David 1965-
A2 Tombs, David 1965-
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1741962056
AB 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 church sexual abuse, which they experienced as teenagers and young men. The perpetrators were leaders of the Sodalicio society in Peru. The article by Tombs (1999) on naming the torture of Jesus as sexual abuse was discussed, to assess whether participants see this as persuasive, and as meaningful for sexual abuse survivors, and important for the church. The interviews suggest that: (1) naming Jesus as a victim of sexual abuse was new to all participants; (2) most found the historical and biblical evidence to be persuasive; (3) the group were divided on whether this was of value to survivors of church related sexual abuse; (4) all of the group agreed that it was important for the wider church.
K1 Jesus
K1 Sodalcio
K1 Sodalitium Christianae Vitae
K1 Crucifixion
K1 Sexual Abuse
K1 Torture
DO 10.1163/18785417-01001003