This book is an objective, evidence-based analysis of the empirical findings, methodologies and conclusions of the main inquiries into child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Europe, the US/Canada, the UK and Australasia. Based on the evidence in these official inquiries it concludes that child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in these countries, while widespread from 1960-1990 is largely an historical problem; there are relatively few instances of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in recent decades. Safe-guarding mechanisms introduced into the Catholic Church since the 1990s have been effective in curbing child sexual abuse. The analysis in this book stands in contrast to sensationalistic, uninformed media reporting on the problem. The book is a second revised and expanded edition, with previously unreleased content.
Charles Sturt University, Australia - ORCID: 0000-0003-3639-2870
Titolo del libro
Child Sexual Abuse Inquiries and the Catholic Church: Reassessing the Evidence
Sottotitolo del libro
Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
Autori
Virginia Miller
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
260
Anno di pubblicazione
2025
Copyright
© 2025 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0588-7
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0587-0
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0588-7
eISBN (epub)
979-12-215-0589-4
Collana
Studi e saggi
ISSN della collana
2704-6478
e-ISSN della collana
2704-5919