Sexual Abuse at the Hands of Catholic Clergy

Deutsches Ärzteblatt International
Harald DreßingHans Joachim Salize

Abstract

When cases of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church became known, the German Bishops' Conference (Deutsche Bischofskonferenz, DBK) commissioned a study by an interdisciplinary consortium to determine the frequency of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy in Germany (the MHG study). Qualitative and quantitative research methods were used and the subject matter of the study was analyzed in seven component projects. To determine the frequency of sexual abuse, 38 156 personnel files of Catholic clergy from the period 1946 to 2014 were studied, and the epidemiologic findings of these evaluations are presented. 1670 persons belonging to the Catholic clergy who were accused of sexual abuse of minors were identified from their personnel files, corresponding to 4.4% of the clergy overall. 3677 victims of sexual abuse could be linked to the accused persons; 62.8% of them were male, and 66.7% were under 14 years old when the abuse took place. The mean duration of the abuse in individual cases was 1.3 years. "Hands-on" abuses (i.e., abuses involving bodily contact) occurred in more than 80% of cases. Many of the affected persons suffered serious consequences for their health and social functioning. The ones most commonly reported were anxiety,...Continue Reading

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Aug 25, 2020·Fortschritte der Neurologie-Psychiatrie·Harald DreßingHans-Joachim Salize
Aug 2, 2019·Deutsches Ärzteblatt International·Peer Briken
Oct 30, 2019·Deutsches Ärzteblatt International·Horst Gann
Oct 30, 2019·Deutsches Ärzteblatt International·Martina Häring
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