title: A theoretical foundation for understanding clergy-perpetrated sexual abuse.
abstract: Incorporating elements from broadband theories of psychological adaptation to extreme adversity, including Summit's (1983) Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome, Finkelhor and Browne's (1986) Traumagenic Dynamics Model of sexual abuse, and Pyszczynski and colleagues' (1997) Terror Management Theory, this paper proposes a unified theoretical model of clergy-perpetrated sexual abuse for future research. The model conceptualizes clergy-perpetrated sexual abuse as the convergence of interactive processes between the clergy-perpetrator, the parishioner-survivor, and the religious community.
authors.affiliation: The Brookline Center, Brookline, MA 02445, USA. jfogler@bu.edu
authors.forename: Jason M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Fogler
authors.forename: Jillian C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Shipherd
authors.forename: Erin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rowe
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Clarke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002410:Catholicism / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology; D002977:Clergy / Q000523:psychology; D008192:Deception; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011209:Power, Psychological; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012938:Social Perception; D014481:United States