RT Article
T1 Envisioning a Just Response to the Catholic Clergy Sexual Abuse Crisis
JF Theological studies
VO 82
IS 1
SP 29
OP 54
A1 Beste, Jennifer Erin
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1753601525
AB In this article, I argue that the only way Catholics will experience the conversion of heart necessary to engage in authentic Christian discipleship and respond justly to the clergy sexual abuse crisis is to enter empathetically into the traumatic reality of the crisis. Recognition of the degree to which clergy abuse harms victim-survivors and subverts the church’s purpose to be the body of Christ leads to the moral obligation to prioritize urgent action on two objectives: (1) solidarity with clergy sexual abuse survivors and (2) effective prevention of clergy sexual abuse globally.
K1 spiritual trauma
K1 secondary victimization
K1 posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
K1 mediation of grace
K1 Justice
K1 ecclesiological mission
K1 clergy child sexual abuse victim-survivors
K1 clergy child sexual abuse
K1 Catholic Church
K1 abuse of power
DO 10.1177/0040563921996044