학술논문
Clergy-Perpetrated Sexual Abuse in Ghana: A Media Content Analysis of Survivors, Offenders, and Offence Characteristics.
Document Type
Article
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Subject
*CHILD sexual abuse
*SEX offenders
*MASS media
*PSYCHOLOGY of the clergy
*RAPE
*PSYCHOLOGY of adult child abuse victims
*INCEST
*ANAL sex
*CONTENT analysis
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ISSN
0022-4197
Abstract
While there are no official data and published studies on clergy-perpetrated sexual abuse (CPSA) from Ghana, local media reports continue to show worrying trends of the phenomenon. We drew on 73 media reports from January 2000 to March 2019, to describe the offence characteristics and profiles of the perpetrators and survivors of CPSA in Ghana. The findings showed females aged 10–19 as predominant survivors. The perpetrators were all males found guilty of lone rape, incest, defilement, indecent assault, sodomy, attempted rape, or gang rape. A preventive measure could involve streamlining the recruitment, training, and leadership structures of the church. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]