Power and Gender

Keenan, Marie

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199895670.003.0007

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“…Beyond the disappointment among formators that evaluations failed to screen out clear and evident problematic behaviors, screening rarely addresses the “fit” of candidates with their future diocese, religious order, or house of formation. We know that most experts are now identifying systemic and organizational flaws in the abuse scandal (Keenan, 2012). These insights heighten the need for more collaboration between Church personnel and assessing psychologists to develop more evidence-based protocols designed specifically for the Church and clerical populations.…”

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Utility of the Rorschach in psychological assessments for diocesan and religious candidates.

McGlone¹,

Viglione²

2020

Spirituality in Clinical Practice

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The sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church demands that we assess the utility of all assessment methods. Despite 20 years of persistent and often heated debate over the utility of the Rorschach Inkblot Method (RIM), we know that the Rorschach has been and continues to be used by about 60% of seminaries and religious institutes in their assessment of candidates. One must ask, is the Rorschach useful today? This article addresses this question and other concerns based on the best available psychological research. It consists of five major sections: the first details the overall utility of the Rorschach, its history, and its unique functions in any assessment. The second section will look at the recent controversies surrounding the Rorschach and the resolution to these in the new Rorschach Performance Assessment System scoring system. Next, it will summarize and detail the data, which support the utility of the Rorschach in clergy assessments, particularly in indicating both red flags and protective factors to be identified in any seminary or candidate assessment. Fourth, it reviews church documents and the ecclesial context in the assessment of candidates to seminaries and religious institutes. The last section describes various directions for research with realistic and possible solutions for the proper use of the RIM in multimethod, multitrait assessments of candidates to diocesan seminaries and religious institutes.

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Section: Utility Of Rorschach In Seminary Candidate Evaluationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Utility of the Rorschach in psychological assessments for diocesan and religious candidates.

McGlone¹,

Viglione²

2020

Spirituality in Clinical Practice

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“…We also estimated the average number of children abused by a single Catholic priest, by dividing the estimated total number of Catholic Church-related CSA victims by the estimated number of abusive priests. The number of abusive priests was calculated using two assumptions; a prevalence of 3% reflecting French Catholic Church archive data (Bajos et al, 2021), and a prevalence of 5%, given incompleteness of archive data and estimates reported in other countries (5–7%) (Keenan, 2012). A total of 114,000 clergy members were registered in the Catholic Church administration database in France since 1950, leading to projections of between 3,400 and 6,800 sexual abusers (3–5% prevalence rates) over that period of time.…”

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“…While most studies conducted by the commissions document the extent of CSA in the Catholic Church (Dressing et al, 2017), they do not allow either the detailed characterization of Church-related CSA nor a comparison with CSA prevalence occurring in other social spheres. As underlined by Keenan (2012), this comparison is essential to better understand the specificity of Church-related CSA and to develop appropriate institutional responses (Blakemore et al, 2017). In this paper, we aim to estimate the prevalence and describe the characteristics of CSA in the Roman Catholic Church in France, by relating reported CSA cases involving members of the Roman Catholic Church to the number of people who attended a Roman Catholic-related activities during childhood.…”

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Child Sexual Abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in France: Prevalence and Comparison With Other Social Spheres

Bajos

Ancian

Tricou

et al. 2022

J Interpers Violence

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This study aims to estimate and compare Roman Catholic Church-related child sexual abuse (CSA) prevalence and characteristics to CSA in other social spheres in France since 1950. Using a cross-sectional representative web-based survey of 28,026 adults in 2021, the weighted prevalence of CSA was estimated according to six social spheres of perpetration: family, Church, school, sports club, artistic activities, and summer camps. Altogether, 14.60%, 95% confidence interval [CI: 13.41; 15.80] of female respondents and 6.38% [5.73; 7.03] of male respondents had experienced CSA. Family was the most common social sphere of perpetration (3.55% [3.18; 3.92]), followed by the Church (0.81% [0.62; 0.99] of respondents exposed) and public schools (0.32% [0.23; 0.40] of respondents exposed). Altogether, we estimate 213,000, 95% CI [147,000; 278,000] people were victims of Church CSA since 1950 in France. Church CSA was more common among men than women (1.28% [0.93; 1.64] vs. 0.34% [0.20; 0.48]) while the opposite was true for other social spheres. CSA was overwhelmingly perpetrated by men ranging from 93.37% in the Church to 97.65% in schools. Many victims spoke with someone about these abuses: 41.81% of the Catholic Church compared to 41.25% of school CSA victims and 51.68% of family CSA victims. Results suggest structural factors including gender norms, but also the spiritual authority of the priest and the culture of secrecy contribute to clerical CSA.

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“…To adequately ground this hypothesis, we need to reformulate our understanding of the cultural structure (which imposes goals of moral perfectionism not imposed on everyone on clergy) using the institutional structure (means available within the organization). Moral perfectionism is a key element of the ecclesial structure (Keenan, 2012), as the Church requires that the lives of clergy constitute a model of spiritual life and of commitment to the institution and its values. In this requirement for purity, celibacy is a key element that cannot be separated from the sacral conception of priesthood.…”

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Between Sanctity and Real Life: Child Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church in Spain

Tamarit

Balcells

2022

Sex Abuse

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This research assessed clergymen perceptions of child sexual abuse in Catalonia (Spain) and identified elements pointing toward anomie and a discourse linked to the neutralization of the perpetrators’ criminal responsibility. The study included 20 interviews from diocesan priests and members of religious congregations, who highlighted the impact of sexual abuse on clergy, the plurality of sensitivities, the existence of discourses tending to idealization, the presence of neutralization techniques and the existence of an institutionalized and persistent anomie within the Catholic Church. This research concluded that the problem of child sexual abuse is related to both individual (such as loneliness, among others) and institutional aspects (for example, selection and training of future clergymen, among others). To reduce the tension existing between cultural goals and institutional means, institutional reforms are necessary in terms of reviewing and de-consecrating cultural goals and improving adaptation of institutional means, while also focusing on supporting clerics and reducing loneliness. A debate needs to be normalized inside the Church, related to moralism, clerical power, and celibacy, among others.

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Power and Gender

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Utility of the Rorschach in psychological assessments for diocesan and religious candidates.

Utility of the Rorschach in psychological assessments for diocesan and religious candidates.

Child Sexual Abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in France: Prevalence and Comparison With Other Social Spheres

Between Sanctity and Real Life: Child Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church in Spain

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