Sex offenders, pastoral care and the local church
Subtitle: caring for the accused, the abused and the wider community
By: Paul Rosier
Series: Grove pastoral -- P136; Grove pastoral series -- 136.
Publisher: Grove Books Limited
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Cambridge, [England]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 28
ISBN-13: 9781851748860
Subjects: Church work with sex offenders; Sexual abuse victims; Pastoral counseling
Description: While church leaders have a duty of care to their whole congregation, the responsibility to provide pastoral care to sex offenders is a sensitive issue that can provoke a range of responses. This careful and practical guide offers advice on a range of matters relating to sex offending, from handling initial reports of abuse by victims to negotiating court cases, receiving sex offenders into the church, safeguarding measures, and offering care to victims, the church and the wider community.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 27-28).