Sexualized behavior becomes a form of sexual misconduct when practiced without the consent of the other party or when performed to minors. This includes making sexual comments about one’s body, caressing as well as kissing. These sexual visuals/pornographic material corrupt the minds of the victims rendering them vulnerable to unwanted sexual activities.Īccording to Montgomery (2009), sexualized behavior refers to all mannerisms intended to communicate sexual interest or content (p.133). Sexual abuse can also take the form of exhibition or display of sexual visuals to children or even the youth in a certain church (Stephens, 2011, p. This is usually a coerced or rather forced sexual activity. Wind and Swillan (2008), observe that, sexual abuse occurs when a member of the clergy takes advantage of the loyalty of his/her congregant and engages in sexual contact with him/her (p.26). It can take the form of unwelcome sexual jokes, advances, or insulting comments directed towards sexually exploiting others. According to Poling (2006), sexual harassment refers to unwanted gender directed sexual behavior based on any relationship that is so severe creating a hostile and offensive environment (p.59). These include sexual abuse, sexual harassment and elicit sexual behavior. There are several forms of sexual misconduct. The other countries that have experienced high cases of sexual abuse include the US, Canada and Belgium. 588).īefore his eventual arrest, he had sexually molested the minors for almost two decades without the knowledge of the public. One such incident involves a catholic premium who once asked two young victims to take an oath of silence to prevent them from uncovering his evil deeds (McCathy, 2007, p. It is important to mention that this has led to the resignation of four out of the twenty-four Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland. This mainly occurs in religion-based schools and churches. In addition, Ireland is another country that has recorded high cases of sexual misconduct in the world (Lytton, 2008, p. It is therefore evident that there has been an increasing trend of sexual misconduct in the church. Statistics have shown that two thirds of the Roman Catholic dioceses in Germany are currently dealing with cases of sexual misconduct (Dowling, 2010, p.8). It did not take a long time before this number grew to three hundred allegations of sexual misconduct. There were fifty alleged cases of sexual abuse in Jesuit High School in Germany. The first cases that existed involved members of the Catholic clergy (Ghosh, 2010, p.2). The scope of the problemĬases of sexual misconduct began gaining public attention in the 1970s. This paper brings out a broader view of sexual misconduct in the church over the past years. However, the study material will exclusively constitute of journals published within the last five years. It is important to mention that this study will stretch to over four decades when this vice gained public attention. It is also going to highlight the impact of sexual misconduct to the entire society. This paper brings out the different forms of sexual misconduct in a church setting, the aspects that contribute to this vice, as well as the measures that people have applied to stop it. Owing to the different types of relationships in any social setting, sexual misconduct is subject to the parties that are involved. This could be the religious leaders or even lay men and women. In the church, it translates to betrayal of sacred trust of the person who gets involved in these activities. This covers both heterosexuals and homosexuals. Sexual misconduct refers to all forms of mannerisms that do not conform to the moral standards of a given society concerning sexuality. The adequacy of the measures taken to curb the vice.The aspects that lead to sexual misconduct in the church.The approaches used to deal with the problem.The impact of sexual misconduct to the society.How different groups of people deal with various forms of sexual misconduct.Problem conceptualization and research trends.The magnitude of this vice in the world.Sexual misconduct as a problem facing many societies.
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