Sexual Abuse in Faith Communities

Clergy Sexual Abuse
Ritual Abuse

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Clergy Sexual Abuse

Bibliography of Sources on Sexual and Domestic Violence in the Jewish Community. By Marcia Cohn Spiegel. Includes references to sexual abuse by rabbis.

Clergy Sexual Abuse in Australia

HOPE. Helping Overcome Professional Exploitation. Sexual exploitation of clients by professionals; information on clergy sexual abuse is scattered throughout this site. See especially the relevant articles page and the spiritual help page. HOPE also maintains a mailing list of Web links to current news stories on professional misconduct. 

Interfaith Sexual Trauma Institute. Interdenominational material on clergy sexual abuse. 

Jewish Survivors Resources: Clergy Abuse [The Awareness Center]

Stop Abuse by Spiritual Authorities. From a Buddhist point of view. 

The Linkup. Survivors of clergy abuse. See also the links page. 

SOSA. Survivors of Spiritual Abuse, an interfaith organization. See also the links page. 

SNAP. Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests. 

Ritual Abuse

Ritual Abuse Resources [The Awareness Center] 

Ritual Abuse Resources [The Places] 

Ritual Abuse, Ritual Crime, and Healing. See also the links page; the skeptics section of that page places the concern over ritual abuse in context. 

Survivors of Cult/Ritual Abuse [Abuse/Incest Support]