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Church Sexual Abuse includes a wide-range of immoral and heinous acts often perpetrated on young children and tweens by predatory priests or other church members involving sexual assault of varying amounts. The assault might be a one-time, non-consensual scroll barevent or it may include several acts inside a continuing interaction. For instance, an ongoing "trusting" interaction with a young child created by the predatory behavior of a clergy associate, blanketed by the trust and reverence provided to a priest, leading to non-consensual sexual assault acts of molestation.

In most claimed Priest or Clergy Sexual Abuse situations, the failure by the Clergy member’s superior to entirely, adequately and immediately disclose the crime to police and other authorities, or its continuing failure to investigate, handle and resolve entirely with the situation amplifies the effects on the assault survivor, the community and potentially others. Current Priest Sexual Assault cases reported in the press highlight these failures, which includes "pass-the-trash" situations where the perpetrator oftentimes a priest in the Catholic Church, is quietly transferred from one church to another only to continue his predatory, criminal behavior on an unsuspecting parish community.

Priest and Clergy Sexual Assault and Retribution
Not a week goes by without a media announcement coverage about sexual abuse and molestation of young children by predator priests, or the effects of the abuse on the survivors and their families. If you are a victim of sexual assault from a priest or other clergy member, these articles are most likely to serve as an echo chamber, replaying the horror, shame, guilt and other unwelcome emotions harming your wellness. Encouraged by the societal movement and other channels that encourage them to reveal the abuse they experienced, survivors of abuse are increasingly employing the legal system to compensate them for the lifelong harm and injury they have suffered.

If you are a survivor of assault perpetrated by a priest, the impact of the abuse on your life and foundational belief system can be incalculable. Nonetheless, holding the responsible priest and institutions accountable for MeneoLawGroup.com their crimes and indifference may provide an amount of justice and recompense to abuse survivors. Commonly, survivors can leverage their legal rights in confidential mediation thereby avoiding the need for litigation. But, if litigation is required, a motion may be filed where the plaintiff can remain anonymous.

Abusive Behavior

All predators, to varying amounts, use predatory tactics which are commonly referred to as grooming, tracking a potential abuse victim. Below is a list of grooming actions exhibited by predators who are in a job of authority relative to the subordinate child.

Grooming

Grooming is a significant piece of a predator’s ploy. In a religious environment, the clergy member is revered as God’s representative. Within this environment, the predator frequently works closely with small numbers of children, identifying each child’s needs, weaknesses and situations. Once a victim is located, these vulnerabilities – such as tumultuous family setting, isolation, low self-esteem, emotional neediness, attention-seeking – may be systematically exploited in the following ways:

Trust

A predator will initially work to gain the child’s trust. This step is most difficult to notice as religious communities are frequently tight-knit and personal relation with clergy is commonplace. Here, the predator can feign sincere interest in the child’s wellness and groeth – both emotional and religious.

Reliance

As a predator creates a trusting relationship with the potential target and oftentimes their family members, the child will start to rely more and more on the predator for whatever need it is that the predator is exploiting and fulfilling. The victim may spend more time with the priest, feeling more and more comfortable with the relationship and relying on its stability and security. In addition to attention and affection, the possible victim may receive gifts from the priest, including valuable, intangible gifts like blessings and special recognition.

Isolation

As the grooming escalates, the predator may try to isolate the potential victim. This could mean individual counseling sessions, meals or other methods of one-on-one isolated encounters.

Sexualization

The predator might start to de-sensitize the target from reacting negatively to touching, caressing and other behaviors that lead to sexual interaction. This may start with breaking the physical-touch barrier, or verbally, with inappropriate messages to gauge the victim’s reaction to the progression. This will continue until the relationship advances to one of a physical, sexual nature.

Maintenance

As the sexual relationship is created, the predator will try to maintain control of the child and the continuing interaction. The priest may likely want to manipulate the child by continuing to make the target feel special and worthy. The predator will continue to exploit the target by whatever ways needed to maintain the inappropriate physical relationship.

Impact on Clergy Abuse Survivors

The impact of childhood abuse on the survivor can be severe and life-changing. Several priest assault survivors suffer from lifelong effects of the assault including depression, disturbed sleeping, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, low self-esteem, suicidal thoughts, substance abuse and eating patterns, and difficulty establishing and maintaining healthy relationships. Individualized treatment and support groups can help victims overcome these effects.

Legally, a survivor of Clergy Sexual Abuse can recover financial compensation from the predator and, more frequently, from the church for its failure to shield the victim from the assault, as well as failures or deficiencies in its method of reviewing and resolving to reports of assault. If you are a victim of Priest or Clergy Sexual Assault and would like to confidentially discuss your experience and your legal options, we are prepared to speak with you.

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