Episode 2: Moral Injury, Spiritual Damage, and Abuse in Catholic Contexts

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Psychology Cross-Training for Theologians Podcast

Psychology Cross-Training for Theologians Programme

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This series features Research Fellows from the Psychology Cross-Training for Theologians Program exploring how insights from psychology and theology can support the work of religious practitioners. Episodes address listening in community life; moral injury and abuse in Catholic contexts; race and faith in the Church of England; perceptions of God’s “where-being” and contemplative prayer; evaluating spiritual care; ageing as a liminal experience; and the faith lives of people with intellectual disabilities. Produced by University of Birmingham, funded by John Templeton Foundation.

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Episode 2: Moral Injury, Spiritual Damage, and Abuse in Catholic Contexts

Psychology Cross-Training for Theologians Podcast

23 minutes 38 seconds

4 days ago

Episode 2: Moral Injury, Spiritual Damage, and Abuse in Catholic Contexts

In this episode, PCTP Research Fellow Dr Carolina Montero Orphanopoulos - faculty member at Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez in Santiago, Chile - discusses her project re-conceptualising the spiritual damage and moral injury caused by Catholic clergy abuse. Drawing on an adapted Systematic Literature Review of existing bibliography and comparative analysis of ten victim autobiographies through the lens of Betrayal Trauma Theory, Carolina explores the unique traumatic ruptures from this abuse - stemming from the symbolic and religious authority of perpetrators - and distinguishes them from harms in non-ecclesial contexts. She examines psychological and spiritual manifestations, such as shifts in God representations and relational trust, and their implications for victims' healing.