Sexual abuse of minors by priests, deacons, and clergymen in the Roman Catholic Church in Germany
Organizational Data
- DRKS-ID:
- DRKS00006769
- Recruitment Status:
- Recruiting ongoing
- Date of registration in DRKS:
- 2014-09-24
- Last update in DRKS:
- 2014-09-24
- Registration type:
- Prospective
Acronym/abbreviation of the study
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URL of the study
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Brief summary in lay language
The aim of the research project is at first to expose the nature and scope of sexual abuse, and at second to highlight the causes and context of abuse of minors within the Catholic Church in Germany. Beside a comprehensive survey of all cases of abuse (taken place between 1945 and 2014) there will also be a scientific analysis of the archives of the dioceses. Also, external records are used to carry out comparative analysis with other institutions (e. g. state youth welfare institutions, schools). Experiences of the victims will be used for development of research instruments and for the interpretation of results. An advisory board will accompany and examine the project.The diverse facets of the topic will be explored by semi-structured interviews with victims and offender.
Brief summary in scientific language
The project requires an interdisciplinary approach, which includes criminological, psychological, sociological, psychiatric and forensic-psychiatric expertise. Key figures will be determined regarding quantitative extent of abuse (assess annual clerical staff size since 1945, analyse personnel records). Interviews with abused persons and the offenders will be used to work out structural aspects of the institution that foster abuse. Following sub-projects are included: 1. Assessment of data location and data management practices in terms of sexual abuse cases in the area of the German Bishops' Conference 2. Qualitative biographical analysis of interviews with people concerned (victims and offenders) 3. Institutional comparisons 4. Analysis of aspects of prevention 5. Secondary analysis of national and international empirical evidence of abuse 6. Quantitative analysis of random samples of personnel records of the clerical staff
Health condition or problem studied
- ICD10:
- T74.2 - Sexual abuse
- Healthy volunteers:
- No Entry
Interventions, Observational Groups
- Arm 1:
- Epidemiological, observational study; Key figures will be determined regarding quantitative extent of abuse (assess annual clerical staff size since 1945, analyse personnel records). Interviews with abused persons and the offender will be used to work out structural aspects of the institution that foster abuse.
Endpoints
- Primary outcome:
- Quantitative assessment of the extent of abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in Germany (2015/2016); semi-structured interviews with victims and offenders (2014/2015/2016)
- Secondary outcome:
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Study Design
- Purpose:
- Prevention
- Retrospective/prospective:
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- Study type:
- Non-interventional
- Longitudinal/cross-sectional:
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- Study type non-interventional:
- Epidemiological study
Recruitment
- Recruitment Status:
- Recruiting ongoing
- Reason if recruiting stopped or withdrawn:
- No Entry
Recruitment Locations
- Recruitment countries:
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- Germany
- Number of study centers:
- Multicenter study
- Recruitment location(s):
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- Other Bistümer Deutschland
Recruitment period and number of participants
- Planned study start date:
- 2014-12-01
- Actual study start date:
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- Planned study completion date:
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- Actual Study Completion Date:
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- Target Sample Size:
- 200
- Final Sample Size:
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Inclusion Criteria
- Sex:
- All
- Minimum Age:
- no minimum age
- Maximum Age:
- no maximum age
- Additional Inclusion Criteria:
- Abused Person: being a minor at time of abuse; Offender: each person who give consent.
Exclusion Criteria
Not being contractually capable
Addresses
Primary Sponsor
- Address:
- Verband der Diözesen Deutschlands, Deutsche BischofskonferenzPater Dr Hans Langendörfer SJKaiserstr. 16153113 BonnGermany
- Telephone:
- 0228/1030
- Fax:
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- Contact per E-Mail:
- Contact per E-Mail
- URL:
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- Investigator Sponsored/Initiated Trial (IST/IIT):
- Yes
Contact for Scientific Queries
- Address:
- Zentralinstitut für Seelische GesundheitProfessor Dr. Harald DreßingJ568159 MannheimGermany
- Telephone:
- 0621/1703 2941
- Fax:
- No Entry
- Contact per E-Mail:
- Contact per E-Mail
- URL:
- http://www.zi-mannheim.de
Contact for Public Queries
- Address:
- Institut für Gerontologie der Universität HeidelbergProfessor Dr. Dr. h.c. Andreas KruseBergheimer Str. 2069115 HeidelbergGermany
- Telephone:
- 06221/54 8180
- Fax:
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- Contact per E-Mail:
- Contact per E-Mail
- URL:
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Principal Investigator
- Address:
- Zentralinstitut für Seelische GesundheitProfessor Dr. Harald DreßingJ568159 MannheimGermany
- Telephone:
- 0621/1703 2941
- Fax:
- No Entry
- Contact per E-Mail:
- Contact per E-Mail
- URL:
- http://www.zi-mannheim.de
Sources of Monetary or Material Support
Private sponsorship (foundations, study societies, etc.)
- Address:
- Verband der Diözesen Deutschlands, Deutsche BischofskonferenzKaiserstr. 16153113 BonnGermany
- Telephone:
- 0228/1030
- Fax:
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- Contact per E-Mail:
- Contact per E-Mail
- URL:
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Ethics Committee
Address Ethics Committee
- Address:
- Ethikkommission der Fakultät für Verhaltens- und Empirische Kulturwissenschaften der Universität Heidelberg [Ethikkommission der Fakultät für Verhaltens- und Empirische Kulturwissenschaften der Universität Heidelberg, Voßstr. 2 dekanat@verkult.uni-heidelberg.de]Voßstr. 269115 HeidelbergGermany
- Telephone:
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- Fax:
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- Contact per E-Mail:
- Contact per E-Mail
- URL:
- http://www.verkult.uni-heidelberg.de/fakultaet_gremien-ausschuesse.html#Ethikk
Vote of leading Ethics Committee
- Vote of leading Ethics Committee
- Date of ethics committee application:
- 2014-01-04
- Ethics committee number:
- No Entry
- Vote of the Ethics Committee:
- Approved
- Date of the vote:
- 2014-01-10
Further identification numbers
- Other primary registry ID:
- No Entry
- EudraCT Number:
- No Entry
IPD - Individual Participant Data
- Do you plan to make participant-related data (IPD) available to other researchers in an anonymized form?:
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- IPD Sharing Plan:
- No Entry
Study protocol and other study documents
- Study protocols:
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- Study abstract:
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- Other study documents:
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- Background literature:
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- Related DRKS studies:
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Publication of study results
- Planned publication:
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- Publikationen/Studienergebnisse:
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- Date of first publication of study results:
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- DRKS entry published for the first time with results:
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Basic reporting
- Basic Reporting / Results tables:
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- Brief summary of results:
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