The abuse scandal in the Catholic Church has led to many training concepts, guidelines and codes of conduct. Adult educators and other professionals are needed to do the job.
Child sexual abuse continues to be a widespread phenomenon in Europe despite a European convention expressly requiring all countries to be effective in protecting children. Adult education is now playing an increasingly important role in prevention work.
18 million children are estimated to be affected by sexual abuse in Europe, according to a current European report on child maltreatment.
Whether in the family, care facilities, sports, at leisure or in school, about 9,6 percent of all children are affected by attacks (13.4% in girls and 5.7% in boys), based on community surveys from Europe.
In recent years the phenomenon has received much publicity. This is especially true in cases where the perpetrator was a Catholic priest.
In some European countries, such as Germany or Ireland, studies and reports have shed some light on this dark corner of the church.
Continue reading and get a number of useful links to reports etc.
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