A theoretical foundation for understanding clergy-perpetrated sexual abuse.
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.
Fogler
Jason M
JM
The Brookline Center, Brookline, MA 02445, USA. jfogler@bu.edu
Shipherd
Jillian C
JC
Rowe
Erin
E
Jensen
Jennifer
J
Clarke
Stephanie
S
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