Victims Are Not Guilty! Spiritual Abuse and Ecclesiastical Responsibility

The aim of this article is to show that victims of spiritual abuse are not guilty of what they have undergone and that, in the Catholic setting, the Church has an institutional responsibility for it. With this objective, after the Introduction (1), the paper analyses the definition of spiritual abus...

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description The aim of this article is to show that victims of spiritual abuse are not guilty of what they have undergone and that, in the Catholic setting, the Church has an institutional responsibility for it. With this objective, after the Introduction (1), the paper analyses the definition of spiritual abuse (2); tackles several topics stemming from the analysis of definitions, such as the nature of spiritual power and its effects (3), the issue of vulnerability (4), the institutional dimension of spiritual abuse in the Catholic setting (5), and the disputed topic of intentionality (6). The article provides a conclusion that aims to summarize the results of the analysis (7).
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spelling Fernández Eyzaguirre, Samuel
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The aim of this article is to show that victims of spiritual abuse are not guilty of what they have undergone and that, in the Catholic setting, the Church has an institutional responsibility for it. With this objective, after the Introduction (1), the paper analyses the definition of spiritual abuse (2); tackles several topics stemming from the analysis of definitions, such as the nature of spiritual power and its effects (3), the issue of vulnerability (4), the institutional dimension of spiritual abuse in the Catholic setting (5), and the disputed topic of intentionality (6). The article provides a conclusion that aims to summarize the results of the analysis (7).
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Spiritual abuse
Abuse of conscience
Vulnerability
Institutional responsibility
Victims Are Not Guilty! Spiritual Abuse and Ecclesiastical Responsibility
artículo
spellingShingle Victims Are Not Guilty! Spiritual Abuse and Ecclesiastical Responsibility
Spiritual abuse
Abuse of conscience
Vulnerability
Institutional responsibility
title Victims Are Not Guilty! Spiritual Abuse and Ecclesiastical Responsibility
title_full Victims Are Not Guilty! Spiritual Abuse and Ecclesiastical Responsibility
title_fullStr Victims Are Not Guilty! Spiritual Abuse and Ecclesiastical Responsibility
title_full_unstemmed Victims Are Not Guilty! Spiritual Abuse and Ecclesiastical Responsibility
title_short Victims Are Not Guilty! Spiritual Abuse and Ecclesiastical Responsibility
title_sort victims are not guilty spiritual abuse and ecclesiastical responsibility
topic Spiritual abuse
Abuse of conscience
Vulnerability
Institutional responsibility
topic_facet Spiritual abuse
Abuse of conscience
Vulnerability
Institutional responsibility
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