The Hidden Scandal of Adult Abuse

Church Times
September 27, 2013

http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2013/27-september/comment/opinion/the-hidden-scandal-of-adult-abuse

The problem of sexual predators in churches needs to be addressed, says Susanna Gridley

THE phrase "sexual abuse" in a church context brings to mindpaedophile priests (News, 24 May; Comment, 17 May). Likeeveryone else, however, most religious leaders are attracted not tochildren, but to other adults.

A survey by the ecumenical support organisation Minister andClergy Sexual Abuse Survivors (MACSAS), The Stones Cry Out(2011, available on its website), says that: "Almost completelybelow the public ...