Victims, survivors, advocates, and anyone looking to learn more about clergy sexual abuse can use the following resources to learn more about healing and understanding.
Online Resources
Provides information and provides understanding Of the issues involved in the exploitation of persons by helping professionals
Resources, learn basic facts about abuse by clergy FAQ’s
Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment (GRACE)
Their mission to empower Christian Communities to recognize, prevent, and respond to abuse.
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP)
A self-help group that supports people who have been victimized by clergy.
A religious non-profit organization that ministers to those who have been sexually abused by members of the clergy.
The Hope of Survivors Ministry
Help for adult women abused by clergy
Additional Reading
Baptist News Global, “Don’t call it an affair. Call it abuse of power”
- Diana Garland, Baylor University, School of Social Work
Broken and Beautiful (2017)
- Kristal Chalmers with Eileen Peters
Healing From Hidden Abuse: A Journey Through the Stages of Recovery from Psychological Abuse (2016)
- Shannon Thomas, LCSW
Is Nothing Sacred?: The Story of a Pastor, the Women He Sexually Abused, and the Congregation He Nearly Destroyed (2008)
- Marie M. Fortune
The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse: Recognizing & Escaping Spiritual Manipulation and False Spiritual Authority Within the Church (2005)
- David Johnson and Jeff Van Vonderen
Victim to Survivor: Women Recovering from Clergy Sexual Abuse (2009)
- Foreword by Marie M. Fortune
- Edited by Nancy Werking Poling