Sexual Abuse of Children by Clergy and Others
Instructor: Robert Gossart
Location: Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor
Course Meets: Mondays, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Course Size: 6-12 students
Starts: March 28, 2011
Ends: April 18, 2011
Description: How can institutions most trusted for their high standards of morality be “infiltrated” by individuals who commit the most heinous crimes against the most vulnerable people of our society? This course will examine the “stealth” methods and behaviors of devious pedophiles and of others who sexually abuse children. We’ll discuss how in the past twenty years, thousands of victims, long caught in a web of silence, shame and guilt, came out and revealed their secret.