PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL PROFILE OF A CASE OF CONTINUED SEXUAL OFFENCE OF MINOR PERPETRATED BY A TEACHER OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Abstract

One of the illegal-criminological phenomena that have had the greatest impact on society is the perpetration of sexual abuse and/or assault in the ecclesiastical sphere. The media and public’s knowledge of this type of criminal act causes an important social repercussion of collective repulsion Tiffon, et al. In sexual terms and within the clerical and religious sphere, the priest does not repress or is prohibited from his sexuality; rather, he sublimates it by understanding that he must have sufficient capacity and self-control to sacrifice his sexuality to channel it to a higher good. In fact, there are very sexually promiscuous people who are unbalanced and celibate people who are balanced Echeburúa, et al. ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 22(9) November, 2021; 1-8.