Clergy Sexual Abuse - From the Perspective of a Forensic Psychologist, With a Personal Twist

Dr. Jeff Kieliszewski, Forensic Psychologist, discusses clergy sexual abuse, state attorney generals' investigations, and his own personal connection with recent cases revealed.

[@whitewatcher85]

Thank you for this sober reflection of a highly emotional topic. ... I think that by de-emotionalizing we make it easier for the victims to actually come forward and report clergy misconduct.

[@Catlily5]

I live in New Mexico and knew a couple of people who were abused by priests so I was interested when the scandal hit. New Mexico had a lot of abusive priests because the Catholic Church had a "treatment" center for priests here and many priests remained here after completing their supposed treatment. They were not wanted where they had come from so they stayed here and abused large numbers of children. So many children were abused here that the Archdiocese of Santa Fe ended up going bankrupt. The Catholic Church is certainly not the only church to have problems with abusing children. But it was a huge deal in New Mexico because there are so many Catholics here.

[@dr.jeffkieliszewskiforensi3081]

I'm just catching up on comments. Thank you for everyone chiming in! And, thanks for keeping things fairly civil. This is exactly what I like to see with my videos. Great discussion (even if there is disagreement) and all of us learning from each other!

[@agak61]

It is not only in Catholic Churches. Many other churches and religions 😥