Understanding and Deconstruct Systematic Catholic Church Sexual Abuse and Trauma

Hankun Li; Lejing Liu; Wei Wan

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Understanding and Deconstruct Systematic Catholic Church Sexual Abuse and Trauma

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Hankun Li¹^{, *}^{, †}, Lejing Liu²^{, †}, Wei Wan³^{, †}

¹Department of Journalism & Communication Studies, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan, China

²Department of Network and New Media, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China

³Department of English Language & Literature, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

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These authors contributed equally.

^*Corresponding author Email: 408060026@mail.fju.edu.tw

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Hankun Li

Available Online 11 July 2022.

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Keywords: Catholic Church; Sexual Abuse; Clericalism; Trauma-Caring
Abstract: Although awareness of the Catholic priesthood has increased in recent years, knowledge about its occurrence and consequences as a distinct form of abuse remains limited. The film Grâce à Dieu (By the Grace of God) (2019) and other global reports on the sexual abuse of children By Catholic priests, based on the real Catholic Church harassment scandal, this article presents a quick review of existing findings on the impact of abuse on victims/survivors. The study examined the context of systematic Catholic sexual assault, defined the concepts involved, made a detailed study of specific films, for the real events behind the film re-design the plot in the analysis of photography, and the introduction of the reality of such events for the construction of public opinion and victims of the powerless. Through the phenomenon of the spiral of silence in sociology, this paper deconstructs the reason why public opinion always tries to ignore/remain silent about such events. As a basis, we study the imbalance of power structure and the deformity of ecumenism in the Catholic Church. The study notes that the residual power of the Clericalism and the trauma associated with each violation are the most central and important parts of this type of abuse. Finally, we consider the repairability of the mechanism of religious institutions. Deep dive explores the causes of the events and then returns to the care and social help for the victims, showing the return of the humanistic spirit.
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Volume Title: Proceedings of the 2022 3rd International Conference on Mental Health, Education and Human Development (MHEHD 2022)
Series: Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date: 11 July 2022
ISBN: 10.2991/assehr.k.220704.243
ISSN: 2352-5398
DOI: 10.2991/assehr.k.220704.243 How to use a DOI?
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