Shattering the Illusion: Child Sexual Abuse and Canadian Religious Institutions

by Tracy J. Trothen

Shattering the Illusion is the first book to gather and comparatively analyze policies addressing child sexual abuse complaints in a selection of religious institutions in Canada. Although there is a substantial body of literature regarding Christianity and sexual abuse, very little of it focuses on religious institutions in Canada and their respective policies. In the foreword, Tracey J. Trothen summarizes the Cornwall Inquiry, out of which this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155458356X
• ISBN13: 9781554583560
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"