Child Sexual Abuse Prevention for Faith Communities
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2013
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Child Sex Abuse Prevention & Protection Center
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Every faith community needs to think about prevention No faith community is free from the risk of children being harmed by sexual abuse. Although there has been a lot of news coverage about the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church, child sexual abuse happens in all racial, age, and ethnic groups, and at all socio-economic levels and, yes, in all faith communities as well. People who sexually abuse children are of all ages, gender, sexual orientation, occupation and religious affiliation. There is no such thing as a typical sex offender. Protect your faith community by speaking out Openly addressing the potential risk of sexual abuse taking place within your faith community can protect both children and your community. Some people think that simply by talking openly about the potential risk of sexual abuse occurring within the community, they are sending a message that children are not safe there. The opposite is true. Child sexual abuse thrives in an atmosphere of silence and deniali. Shining a light on the subject protects children.
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Abuse-sexual, Best Practices-Prevention, Communication -- training, Guidelines, Prevention, Religious law