“…The extant literature predominantly comprises studies of prevalence, or are focused on catholic priests and abuse (Langevin, Curnoe & Bain, 2000;Francis, & Turner, 1995;Nolan, 2001;Plante, 2003), or on professionals (including priests) who sexually abuse others (Sullivan & Beech, 2002). A promising stream of research has been published by Kewley and colleagues (Kewley, Larkin, Harkins & Beech, 2017;Kewley, Beech & Harkins, 2015) which has contributed to our understanding of the experiences of religious individuals who have committed sexual offences as they seek to re-engage with faith communities following release from prison. This research sets out to explore the role of religiosity in the lives of lay Christian individuals who are currently serving a prison sentence for sexual crime.…”