Jehovah’s Witnesses - motivators for Sexual Abuse

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse - Dr. Monica Applewhite, a Sexual Abuse expert hired by the Jehovah Witnesses church, identifies, using Finkelhor's Four Preconditions Model to understanding child sexual abuse offenders, the social factors and characteristics in the Jehovah Witnesses church that act as motivators for child sexual abuse perpetration. They are: Repressive norms about masturbation and extramarital sex; Weak criminal sanctions against offenders; Ideology of patriarchal prerogatives for fathers; Barriers to women's equality; Ideology of family sanctity; Social powerlessness of children

Видео Jehovah’s Witnesses - motivators for Sexual Abuse канала Olga Bailer