Diocesanism versus Australia’s Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and the Roman Catholic Church.

The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse received more reports of sexual abuse of minors from victims of personnel from the Catholic Church than from any other source. It looked beyond the circumstances of the individual reports, to the response of Church leaders. It then took the inquiry to the more fundamental issue of the elements of the Church's str...

Disability and child sexual abuse in institutional contexts

Maternal Perceptions Of And Responses To Child Sexual Abuse

BACKGROUND Several researches indicate that most child victims delay disclosing of sexual abuse for significant periods of time. There are numerous reasons as to why children are avoiding the disclosure of the abuse. The aim of this study was to determine how a mother's response to a child's allegations impacts the child's willingness to disclose sexual abuse. METHODS We conducted a retrospec...

Disability and child sexual abuse in institutional contexts

Child Sexual Abuse