Hindsight, Foresight and Historical Judgement: The Cascading Problem of Child Sexual Abuse within the Catholic Church
Dr Marie Keenan
UCD
Dr. Marie Keenan is a Social Worker, Systemic Psychotherapist and Researcher who is a College Lecture in the School of Applied Social Science, UCD, and is the current Chairperson of the Family Therapy Association of Ireland. She is also on the Advisory Board of the Criminology Institute, UCD. Before taking up a teaching and research position at UCD Dr. Keenan worked for more than twenty years as a social worker and psychotherapist. Some of the settings in which Dr. Keenan worked include Lambeth Social Services, Brixton, London; Psychiatric Unit of Cork Regional Hospital; Learning Disability Services, Warwick, England; Cluain Mhuire Adolescent Psychiatric Service; Probation and Welfare Service, of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform; The Rutland Addiction Treatment Centre; The Granada Institute, Dublin (which offered services for victims and perpetrators of sexual crime) and in her own private practice.
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to deepen understanding of the cascading problem of child sexual abuse within the Catholic Church. The author argues that the past is not an isolated static state, but one that is complexly... [ view full abstract ]
Session
KN4 » Keynote Session (09:00 - Tuesday, 17th September, Landsdowne )
