Clergy-Perpetrated Sexual Abuse in Ghana: A Media Content Analysis of Survivors, Offenders, and Offence Characteristics

Title: Clergy-Perpetrated Sexual Abuse in Ghana: A Media Content Analysis of Survivors, Offenders, and Offence Characteristics
Creator: Quarshie, Emmanuel Nii-Boye; Davies, Priscilla Ayebea; Acharibasam, Jeremiah Wezenamo; Owiredua, Christiana; Atorkey, Prince; Quarshie, Daniel Annag; Quarshie, Sandra Naa-Shasha
Relation: Journal of Religion and Health Vol. 61, Issue 4, p. 3028-3054
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10943-021-01430-3
Publisher: Springer
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2022
Description: While there are no official data and published studies on clergy-perpetrated sexual abuse (CPSA) from Ghana, local media reports continue to show worrying trends of the phenomenon. We drew on 73 media reports from January 2000 to March 2019, to describe the offence characteristics and profiles of the perpetrators and survivors of CPSA in Ghana. The findings showed females aged 10–19 as predominant survivors. The perpetrators were all males found guilty of lone rape, incest, defilement, indecent assault, sodomy, attempted rape, or gang rape. A preventive measure could involve streamlining the recruitment, training, and leadership structures of the church.
Subject: clergy; clergy-perpetrated sexual abuse; Ghana; neo-prophetic ministry; sexual abuse
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1466050
Identifier: uon:47447
Identifier: ISSN:0022-4197
Language: eng
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