Table of Contents for Shattering the Illusion: Child Sexual Abuse and Canadian Religious Institutions by Tracy J. Trothen

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Child Sexual Abuse in Religious Institutions

Research Methods

Overview of the Chapters

2. The Roman Catholic Church in Canada

Church Structure and Description of the Context

Approach to Child Sexual Abuse, Including Relevant Statements, Policies, and Practices: 1960-1980

Approach to Child Sexual Abuse, Including Relevant Statements, Policies, and Practices: 1981-1991

Approach to Child Sexual Abuse, Including Relevant Statements, Policies, and Practices: 1992-2009

Chapter Summary

3: The United Church of Canada

Church Structure and Description of the Context

Approach to Child Sexual Abuse, Including Relevant Statements, Policies, and Practices: 1960-1980

Approach to Child Sexual Abuse, Including Relevant Statements, Policies, and Practices: 1981-1991

Approach to Child Sexual Abuse, Including Relevant Statements, Policies, and Practices: 1992-2009

Chapter Summary

4. The Anglican Church in Canada

Church Structure and Description of the Context

Approach to Child Sexual Abuse, Including Relevant Statements, Policies, and Practices: 1960-1980

Approach to Child Sexual Abuse, Including Relevant Statements, Policies, and Practices: 1981-1991

Approach to Child Sexual Abuse, Including Relevant Statements, Policies, and Practices: 1992-2009

Chapter Summary

5. The Mennonite Church in Canada

Church Structure and Description of the Context

Approach to Child Sexual Abuse, Including Relevant Statements, Policies, and Practices: 1960-1980

Approach to Child Sexual Abuse, Including Relevant Statements, Policies, and Practices: 1981-1991

Approach to Child Sexual Abuse, Including Relevant Statements, Policies, and Practices: 1992-2009

Chapter Summary

6. Islam in Canada

Institutional Structure and Description of the Context

Approach to Child Sexual Abuse, Including Relevant Statements, Policies. and Practices: 1960-2009

Educational Work

Chapter Summary

7. The Canadian Unitarian Council/The Unitarian Universalist Association

Church Structure and Description of the Context

Approach to Child Sexual Abuse Including Relevant Statements, Policies, and Practices: 1960-2009

Complaints of Child Sexual Abuse and Complaints by Adults of Historical Childhood Sexual Abuse

Chapter Summary

8. Gathering the Pieces

Themes and Historical Shifts

Relevant Differences Between the Identified Religious Institutions

Future Directions

Summary Table

Notes

Index

5

The Mennonite Church in Canada

Tracy J. Trothen

Chapter 5 examines the Mennonite Church in Canada and their approach to child sexual abuse, from 1960 to 2009.

Tracy J. Trothen is an associate professor of theology and ethics at Queen's School of Religion, Queen's University, in Kingston, Ontario. She is the author of over twenty scholarly publications, including Linking Sexuality and Gender: Naming Violence against Women in The United Church of Canada (WLU Press, 2003). Her more recent publications are concerned with the intersections of sport, technology, and religion.