Religious children ‘don’t report sex abuse due to shame and guilt’

.timesofisrael

Shame and guilt stop religious children reporting sexual abuse, according to the damning findings of a two-year investigation by the Independent Inquiry.

The conclusions draw on the anonymised testimony of 1,697 people who experienced child sexual abuse in religious institutions, including 183 survivors. It also heard from 1,514 people who experienced abuse in non-religious settings.

They came forward as part of the ‘Truth Project,’ the Inquiry said on Thursday, as it published its landmark report.