Forgiveness: Healing in Adult Male Survivors of Sexual
Abuse by Catholic Priests

Brianna Kent

Forgiveness: Healing in Adult Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse by Catholic Priests

Brianna Kent

Nova Southeastern University

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Abstract

This paper examines the sexual abuse of children by priests in the American Roman Catholic Church. Twenty self-identified male survivors of child sexual abuse by Catholic priests were interviewed. Findings revealed that all participants healed through punitive forgiveness. Others moved into inclusive forgiveness, reframing their priest abuser as victim of a patriarchal hierarchy. Some achieved unconditional reconciliatory forgiveness. These findings infer a forum to aid the healing process

Original language	American English
State	Published - Jan 8 2011
Event	The Qualitative Report- 2nd Annual Conference - Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, United States Duration: Jan 7 2011 → Jan 8 2011 Conference number: 2 https://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqrc/second/

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Conference	The Qualitative Report- 2nd Annual Conference
Country/Territory	United States
City	Fort Lauderdale
Period	1/7/11 → 1/8/11
Internet address	https://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqrc/second/

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Quantitative, Qualitative, Comparative, and Historical Methodologies

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Forgiveness: Healing in Adult Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse by Catholic Priests

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