The Spiritual Implications of Sexual Abuse: Not Just an Issue for Religious Women?

Crisp, Beth R.

doi:10.1177/0966735011425301

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“…Although the examples in this paper focussed on child abuse in Australian Jewish communities and Muslim women experiencing domestic violence, violence and abuse occurs within all religions and many of the issues raised are not confined to any one religion but affect religious individuals and communities of all religions, including Christianity (Crisp, 2012). These include a need to understand the potential for religious teachings to enable violence and abuse to be tolerated or even sanctioned; beliefs about the sanctity of marriage and the rights of spouses and parents; and the role of honour and shame in help-seeking including a preference to keep problems associated with violence and abuse within a religious community.…”

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Religious literacy for responding to violence and abuse involves the capacity to go beyond stereotypes

Crisp

Epstein

Afrouz

et al. 2018

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Purpose There is an increasing recognition that health and social care professionals require the knowledge and skills to negotiate religious beliefs and cultures but as yet there is little understanding as to what this entails. The purpose of this paper is to explore what religious literacy means in regard to protecting children from sexual assault in Australia’s Jewish community and Muslim women who experience domestic violence. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on two ongoing research studies, this paper provides an overview of the diverse perspectives found in the literature on child sexual assault in Jewish communities and Muslim women’s experiences and responses to domestic violence. Findings Individual and community attitudes and responses to child sexual assault and domestic violence do not fit stereotypes either within or beyond religious communities. Hence, educating for religious literacy needs to ensure stereotypes are recognised as undue simplifications of the truth, and failure to understand this can result in harm. Furthermore, religious literacy is important for health and social care workers if they are to effectively engage with the leadership of religious communities to change community attitudes. Originality/value This paper draws together common issues around the need for religious literacy when working with Jewish and Muslim communities in addressing issues of abuse and violence.

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Religious literacy for responding to violence and abuse involves the capacity to go beyond stereotypes

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“…Spiritual harm disturbs this context and subsequently, a person's equilibrium in regard to their inner map, their faith in God, life, and others, and their overall world view. After abuse within one's faith institution, the belief system that has hitherto provided their sense of self, meaning and balance in life, begins to fracture (Crisp 2012;Doyle 2006). Figure 3 (above) gives some indication as to the extent respondents felt spiritually harmed by CSMAA.…”

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“…155-56). Indeed, it is very difficult to separate the spiritual from the psychological (Crisp 2012). As such, spiritual harm is also very closely followed by and entwined with psychological harm (Crisp 2012).…”

Section: Spiritual Harmmentioning

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Unchaste Celibates: Clergy Sexual Misconduct against Adults—Expressions, Definitions, and Harms

Weger

2022

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There is an ignored, misunderstood, and complex reality within the broader clergy sexual abuse scandal within the Roman Catholic Church (RCC)—that of clergy sexual misconduct against adults (CSMAA). Estimates and calculations of numbers of victims/survivors over the last half-century reach into the early millions. Furthermore, evidence reveals that CSMAA does produce many serious personal, relational, and practical harms. This article presents and discusses the many expressions of such harms. However, even with the evidence of such harms CSMAA events are, for the most part, still generally perceived as consensual affairs. Such a perception is challenged when CSMAA is contextualised within a professional misconduct framework, and even more so, when survivors thereof participate in the research. Furthermore, CSMAA is clearly not just one type of event. Accordingly, this article also presents a continuum of expressions of CSMAA to assist with perceptual accuracy of this issue along with an unambiguous definition of CSMAA.

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“…HT is a crime that is not limited to any race, sex, age or location (US Department of Justice, 2018; Polaris Project, 2019). Victims of HT suffer a range of abuses that impact their whole personaphysically, emotionally, psychologically, sexually and spiritually (Baldwin et al, 2015;Crisp, 2012;Estes and Weiner, 2001;Greenbaum, 2014;Macy and Graham, 2012;Reid, 2016;Reid and Piquero, 2014;Ravi et al, 2017;Richie-Zavaleta et al, 2019). Sex trafficking victims besides being subjugated to grotesque daily abuse by perpetrators and sex buyers, the secretive nature of the crime leaves victims isolated, as well as unidentified or unnoticed by social and health-care providers (Barnert et al, 2016;Ravi et al, 2017;Recknor et al, 2017;Richie-Zavaleta et al, 2019).…”

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Legislative discrepancies: an analysis of Missouri’s current human trafficking laws and the need to improve its legal protection of victims

Kappler

Richie-Zavaleta

2020

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Purpose Human trafficking (HT) is a local, national and international problem with a range of human rights, public health and policy implications. Victims of HT face atrocious abuses that negatively impact their health outcomes. When a state lacks protective laws, such as Safe Harbor laws, victims of HT tend to be seen as criminals. This paper aims to highlight the legal present gaps within Missouri’s anti-trafficking legislation and delineates recommendations for the legal protection of victims of HT and betterment of services needed for their reintegration and healing. Design/methodology/approach This case-study is based on a policy analysis of current Missouri’s HT laws. This analysis was conducted through examining current rankings systems created by nationally and internationally recognized non-governmental organizations as well as governmental reports. Additionally, other state’s best practice and law passage of Safe Harbor legislations were examined. The recommendations were based on human rights and public health frameworks. Findings Missouri is a state that has yet to upgrade its laws lately to reflect Safe Harbor laws. Constant upgrades and evaluations of current efforts are necessary to protect and address HT at the state and local levels. Public health and human rights principles can assist in the upgrading of current laws as well as other states’ best-practice and integration of protective legislation and diversion programs to both youth and adult victims of HT. Research limitations/implications Laws are continually being updated at the state level; therefore, there might be some upgrades that have taken place after the analysis of this case study was conducted. Also, the findings and recommendations of this case study are limited to countries that are similar to the USA in terms of the state-level autonomy to pass laws independently from federal law. Practical implications If Safe Harbor laws are well designed, they have greater potential to protect, support and assist victims of HT in their process from victimization into survivorship as well as to paving the way for societal reintegration. The creation and enforcement of Safe Harbor laws is a way to ensure the decriminalization process. Additionally, this legal protection also ensures that the universal human rights of victims are protected. Consequently, these legal processes and updates could assist in creating healthier communities in the long run in the USA and around the world. Social implications From a public health and human rights perspectives, communities in the USA and around the world cannot provide complete protection to victims of HT until their anti-trafficking laws reflect Safe Harbor laws. Originality/value This case study, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, is a unique analysis that dismantles the discrepancies of Missouri’s current HT laws. This work is valuable to those who create policies at the state level and advocate for the protection of victims and anti-trafficking efforts.

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The Spiritual Implications of Sexual Abuse: Not Just an Issue for Religious Women?

Cited by 8 publications

References 24 publications

Religious literacy for responding to violence and abuse involves the capacity to go beyond stereotypes

Religious literacy for responding to violence and abuse involves the capacity to go beyond stereotypes

Unchaste Celibates: Clergy Sexual Misconduct against Adults—Expressions, Definitions, and Harms

Legislative discrepancies: an analysis of Missouri’s current human trafficking laws and the need to improve its legal protection of victims

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