Religion at the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

Authors

  • Kathleen McPhillips University of Newcastle

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jasr.38936

Keywords:

Royal commission into child sexual abuse, religious institutions, Catholic Church

Abstract

This special section of this issue of JASR explores a range of issues that pertain to the recent Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. In particular, and of major concern, religious organisations represented over 60 per cent of all institutions that were called to give evidence at the Royal Commission, which found that many of the organisational responses to disclosures of the abuse of children were inadequate and indeed harmful and led to a catastrophic failure of care.

Author Biography

  • Kathleen McPhillips, University of Newcastle

    Kathleen McPhillips is a sociologist of religion and gender at the University of Newcastle, Australia. She has been researching institutional child sexual abuse in religious organisations for a number of years.

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Published

2019-06-25

How to Cite

McPhillips, K. (2019). Religion at the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, 31(3), 113-115. https://doi.org/10.1558/jasr.38936