'Pastor can we talk' : a retrospective study of how the Black church fails to support sexually abused Black women

Linda Denise Moore

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'Pastor can we talk' : a retrospective study of how the Black church fails to support sexually abused Black women

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Linda Denise Moore. 'pastor Can We Talk' : a Retrospective Study of How the Black Church Fails to Support Sexually Abused Black Women. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/6ad46ab6-9fe5-4f9b-bf61-de1534a52882.

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L. D. Moore. 'Pastor can we talk' : a retrospective study of how the Black church fails to support sexually abused Black women. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/6ad46ab6-9fe5-4f9b-bf61-de1534a52882

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Linda Denise Moore. 'pastor Can We Talk' : a Retrospective Study of How the Black Church Fails to Support Sexually Abused Black Women. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/6ad46ab6-9fe5-4f9b-bf61-de1534a52882.

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Linda Denise Moore

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Abstract

This major project seeks to address the issues of sexual abuse within the Black Church and to offer pastors and lay leaders’ guidance to assist congregations in breaking the cycle of sexual abuse and silence. In the confounds of the Black Church and the greater African American community, issues of sexual misconduct, sexual abuse, or sexual behaviors have been neglected. To that end, this study aims to provide guidance and validation that the Black Church has a long history in supporting one another; however, sexual abuse and the treatment of Black Women were not given the adequate support. For far too long those issues have been secretly housed within the walls of our families, our civic organizations, and our Black Churches leaving victims without a platform of any kind, in which to express anything related to sex. As a result, men and especially women and children have undergone the effects of shame of not having an outlet or a safe place to unburden themselves of any form of sexual improprieties. In essence, this study is a compilation of personal experiences coupled with academic evidence that the Black Church needs a specific protocol and platform to combat the issues of sexual abuse.

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