Parkinson Patrick N, Oates R Kim, Jayakody Amanda A
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
J Child Sex Abus. 2012;21(5):553-70. doi: 10.1080/10538712.2012.689424.
This article reports on a retrospective study of cases of child sexual abuse complaints made against clergy, other employed pastoral staff, and volunteers in the Anglican Church of Australia between 1990 and 2008. There were 191 allegations of sexual abuse made by 180 complainants against 135 individuals. Twenty-seven of those 135 had more than one complaint made against them. Three-quarters of all complainants were male. The most likely explanation for the large proportion of abused males is that the church gives many more opportunities for abusers to be alone with boys than with girls. Prevention strategies need to focus on reducing the opportunities for abuse to occur as well strategies concerning the recruitment of professional staff and volunteers.
本文报道了一项回顾性研究，该研究针对1990年至2008年间澳大利亚圣公会中针对神职人员、其他受雇的神职人员以及志愿者的儿童性虐待投诉案件。共有180名投诉人对135人提出了191项性虐待指控。这135人中，有27人面临不止一项投诉。所有投诉人中，四分之三为男性。受虐男性比例如此之高，最可能的解释是，教会给予施虐者与男孩独处的机会远多于女孩。预防策略需要着重减少虐待发生的机会，以及有关专业人员和志愿者招聘的策略。
