“I Was Praying for My Very Salvation from My Sexual Abuse”: Experiences of Sexual Abuse Survivors in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Amber Choruby-Whiteley ◽  
Susan L. Morrow
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Latter Day Saints ◽  
Abuse Survivors ◽  
Sexual Abuse Survivors ◽  
The Church

Beyond the Catholic Church

2020 ◽  
pp. 170-194
Author(s):  
Dominica Pradere ◽  
Theron N. Ford ◽  
Blanche J. Glimps
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
North America ◽  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Orthodox Judaism ◽  
Latter Day Saints ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Catholic Church

Since the early 1980s, allegations of the sexual abuse of children by members of the clergy and other representatives of religious organizations have been reported in the media with alarming frequency. In North America, the majority of reports highlight the Catholic Church. Many of these allegations refer to incidents, which took place many years previously. This chapter explores three specific examples of other religious groups, that are not the Catholic Church, involved with the sexual abuse of children. These include the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons), Moravians, and Orthodox Judaism (Haredi).

scholarly journals Recognising Jesus as a Victim of Sexual Abuse

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-75
Author(s):  
Rocío Figueroa ◽  
David Tombs
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Abuse Survivors ◽  
Sexual Abuse Survivors ◽  
Male Survivors ◽  
The Church

Abstract This article presents the findings from qualitative interviews to explore responses to the idea of Jesus as victim of sexual abuse. The seven participants are adult male survivors of prior church sexual abuse, which they experienced as teenagers and young men. The perpetrators were leaders of the Sodalicio society in Peru. The article by Tombs (1999) on naming the torture of Jesus as sexual abuse was discussed, to assess whether participants see this as persuasive, and as meaningful for sexual abuse survivors, and important for the church. The interviews suggest that: (1) naming Jesus as a victim of sexual abuse was new to all participants; (2) most found the historical and biblical evidence to be persuasive; (3) the group were divided on whether this was of value to survivors of church related sexual abuse; (4) all of the group agreed that it was important for the wider church.

Giving Voice to Sexual Abuse Survivors

1998 ◽  
Vol 43 (10) ◽  
pp. 706-707
Author(s):  
Jill Rader
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Abuse Survivors ◽  
Sexual Abuse Survivors

A dissociative subtype of PTSD among help-seeking childhood sexual abuse survivors

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karni Ginzburg ◽  
Cheryl Koopman ◽  
Oxana Palesh ◽  
Lisa D. Butler ◽  
Helena C. Kraemer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Abuse Survivors ◽  
Sexual Abuse Survivors ◽  
Dissociative Subtype

Utilizing Brief Spiritual Assessments with Clients who belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 30-44
Author(s):  
Gordon Limb ◽  
David Hodge ◽  
Richard Alboroto
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
The United States ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Latter Day Saints ◽  
Church Culture ◽  
Spiritual Assessment ◽  
Mental Health Settings ◽  
Consistency Strengths ◽  
Growing Churches ◽  
The Church

 In recent years social work has increasingly focused on spirituality and religion as key elements of cultural competency.  The Joint Commission—the nation's largest health care accrediting organization—as well as many other accrediting bodies require spiritual assessments in hospitals and many other mental health settings. Consequently, specific intervention strategies have been fostered in order to provide the most appropriate interventions for religious clients. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the fourth largest and one of the faster growing churches in the United States.  In an effort to facilitate cultural competence with clients who are members of the Church of Jesus Christ, a brief spiritual assessment instrument was developed.  This mixed-method study asked experts in Church culture (N = 100) to identify the degree of cultural consistency, strengths, and limitations of the brief spiritual assessment instrument. Results indicate that the framework is consistent with Church culture and a number of practice-oriented implications are offered.

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