Awareness of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church and its impact on respondents’ religious practice (4318)

Type of Data: Awareness of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church and its impact on respondents’ religious practice (4318)

Faith Community: Christianity (Roman Catholic Church)

Date: 2022, 29 June-26 July

Geography: England and Wales

Sample Size: 3120

Population: Self-identifying Roman Catholics aged 18 and over

Keywords: Bishops of England and Wales, Boundary Breaking Project, British Jesuit Province, Catholic media, Centre for Catholic Studies, child sexual abuse, Day of Prayer for Victims and Survivors of Abuse, Durham University, English Benedictine Congregation, financial donations to Catholic Church, Gregory Ryan, Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, internal Church communications, mainstream media, Marcus Pound, Mass attendance, Pope Francis, Porticus, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholics, social media, sources of conversation, sources of information, support for clergy, YouGov

Collection Method: Online interview

Collection Agency: YouGov

Sponsor: Centre for Catholic Studies, Durham University, with funding from Porticus, British Jesuit Province, and English Benedictine Congregation

Published Source:

Marcus Pound and Gregory Ryan, Attitudes of Catholics in England and Wales to Child Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church: A Quantitative Report from the Boundary Breaking Project, Durham: Centre for Catholic Studies, Durham University, 2024

BRIN ID: 4318

Remarks:

A qualitative phase of research for the Boundary Breaking Project involved 82 meetings and four focus groups with 22 survivors of abuse.

Posted by: Clive D. Field

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