By: John Oliver
Re: Sexual Abuse of Children

Hello ALL,

Rgds,


From: atavist@teleport.com (Scribe Ortho-Priapulus MetaQuincunx)
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Subject: Religion/sex abuse link proven
Date: 4 Oct 1994 16:52:01 -0700

   From "Sexual Abuse in Christian Homes and Churches", by Carolyn
   Holderread Heggen, Herald Press, Scotdale, PA, 1993 p. 73:

     "A disturbing fact continues to surface in sex abuse research. The
     first best predictor of abuse is alcohol or drug addiction in the
     father. But the second best predictor is conservative religiosity,
     accompanied by parental belief in traditional male-female roles.
     This means that if you want to know which children are most likely
     to be sexually abused by their father, the second most significant
     clue is *whether or not the parents belong to a conservative
     religious group with traditional role beliefs and rigid sexual
     attitudes*. (Brown and Bohn, 1989; Finkelhor, 1986; Fortune, 1983;
     Goldstein et al, 1973; Van Leeuwen, 1990). (emphasis in original)

   References:


       Brown, J.C and C.R. Bohn (eds) 1989 "Christianity, Patriarchy, and
       Abuse" New York, Pilgrim Press.

       Finkelhor, D. 1986. A Sourcebook on Child Sexual Abuse. Newbury
       Park, CA: Sage Publications.

       Fortune, M.M. 1983. Sexual Violence: The Unmentionable Sin. New
       York, Pilgrim Press.

       Goldstein, M.J, et al 1973. Pornography and Sexual Deviance. Los
       Angeles, University of California Press.

       Van Leeuwen, M.S. 1990. Gender and Grace: Love, Work, and
       Parenting in a Changing World. Downers Grove, Il. InterVarsity
       Press.


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From: crew@cobra.uni.edu
Newsgroups: alt.atheism,sci.skeptic,alt.religion.sexuality,
  alt.recovery.catholicism,talk.religion.misc
Subject: Re: Religion/sex abuse link proven
Date: 5 Oct 94 20:38:35 -0500

   I checked one of the sources mentioned in the original post (Finkelhor
   1986) and find no mention of the religion/child sex abuse correlation;
   it certainly isn't among the top ten (let alone the second best)
   predictors of child sex abuse listed in that source, which reviews
   most of the relevant literature to that date. More recently, Gelles
   and Strauss (1988:66) state that "...however, there has yet to be a
   national survey that meets the normal standards of scientific evidence
   (that) can be used to determine a figure for frequency of sexual
   victimization of children." Lacking such a study, I'm not sure what
   evidence the hypothesis (that conservative Christianity is highly
   correlated with child sex abuse) is based on.

   Just my $0.02 worth


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