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SUMMARY:'Child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church: The case of Spain' - P
 rofessor Noemí Pereda\, Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Victimolog
 y\, University of Barcelona
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CONTACT:Professor Joe Murray
DESCRIPTION:Child sexual abuse by clergy has existed throughout the histor
 y of the Catholic Church\, however these cases have not come to light unti
 l very recently. In Spain\, the interest in this topic increased five year
 s ago when a journalist revealed the multiple accusations against several 
 members of schools of the Marist Brothers and the silent response of the i
 nstitution when they knew. Taking this as a starting point\, I will discus
 s the specific context in which child sexual abuse has emerged and present
  data from the first descriptive study on Catholic Church sexual abuse cas
 es in Spain. Thirty-eight adult victims of clergy child sexual abuse parti
 cipated in the study. The characteristics of the sexual victimization and 
 the perpetrator\, the process of disclosure and notification\, and the exp
 erience of other forms of victimization previous to the abuse were evaluat
 ed. I conclude that the Spanish Catholic Church must acquire the commitmen
 t to collaborate in the recovery processof victims from the emotional\, ph
 ysical and spiritual damage caused by the clergy.
LOCATION:B3 Institute of Criminology Sidgwick Site
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