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Lived Religion and the Traumatic Impact of Sexual Abuse: The Sodalicio Case in Peru

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This chapter explores the traumatic impact of sexual abuse on lived religion through a case study of the Sodalicio Society in Peru. It draws on recent interviews with eight male survivors, who are now middle-aged and who were abused when they were younger. The first section explains the background of the Sodalicio community . The second section offers an overview of existing literature on the spiritual consequences of clergy-perpetrated sexual abuse. The third section explores the spiritual impact of psychological and spiritual abuse on the eight former members of Sodalicio . The fourth section will argue that recent work identifying Christ’s own experience as a form of sexual abuse might offer a new vantage point to address the traumatic impact of sexual abuse.

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  1. Good Shepherd College, Auckland, New Zealand

    Rocio Figueroa Alvear

  2. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

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Alvear, R.F., Tombs, D. (2019). Lived Religion and the Traumatic Impact of Sexual Abuse: The Sodalicio Case in Peru. In: Ganzevoort, R., Sremac, S. (eds) Trauma and Lived Religion . Palgrave Studies in Lived Religion and Societal Challenges. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91872-3_8

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