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Religious studies’ Brian Clites speaks about interviewing victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy

Clergy sexual abuse—innocence lost, faith damaged, trust betrayed

Social Work TodayBrian Clites, associate director of the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities and an instructor in the Department of Religious Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, spoke about his experience interviewing victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy—saying many of the survivors described their experiences as “soul murder.”