Complex Approach to Child Sexual Abuse Offender: Pastoral Perspective
Whether the child sexual abuse (CSA offender is a Christian or not, in one way or another s/he may be in the Church's pastoral field. The article presents up-to-date theological responses toward the CSA offender. Topics cover the moral analysis of the perpetrator's sexual deviant cycle, pastoral analysis of the repentance required from him/her, and it's relation to forgiveness and reconciliation, and also an analysis of particular Church canons that refer to offenders. The author thus hopes to contribute to the correction of naive and highly inappropriate Christian attitudes toward CSA perpetrators and stress that the Church - in spite of many errors in responding to CSA - should be truly dedicated to child protection.
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