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Child Abuse and the Catholic Church

For the first time in Australia, a ground-breaking research study has analysed the systemic reasons why the abuse of children has plagued the Catholic Church in Australia and worldwide. In this podcast series, host David Glanz speaks with the report's authors Emeritus Professor Des Cahill and Dr Peter Wilkinson. Kieran Tapsell, who studied for the Catholic priesthood in the 1960s before choosing to become a lawyer and rising to the rank of acting District Court Judge, also features in the discussion.

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Catholic sexual morality

Our researchers start by looking at the differences in abuse among religious orders and the approach to priestly education over time. They discuss the Church’s strongly homophobic culture and its impact on psychosexual maturity before addressing – and rejecting – the argument that the rise in...

Published 10/16/17

The role of Church leadership

Starting with a discussion of the difference between canon and criminal law, the discussion turns to the Crime of Solicitation, the Church’s culture of secrecy and its failure to call synods to involve its members in discussion. Our researchers also look at the differences in attitudes between...

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Access to children and their abuse

While child sexual abuse has been a problem recorded by the Church since the first century CE, a series of factors have made children more available and therefore more vulnerable in the modern era. The researchers discuss the role of confession, orphanages and residential schools and even the...

Published 09/28/17

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