Following the exposure of child sexual abuse (CSA) within the U.S. Catholic Church, it was postulated that many of these cases went unreported because sexual grooming was involved. The present study examined the prevalence of sexual grooming behaviors of clergy through the lens of the content-validated Sexual Grooming Model (SGM). The study used archival data from a victim survey of 10,667 cases of alleged CSA within the U.S. Catholic Church. Results revealed the accused clergy frequently used tactics in the gaining access and isolation, trust development, and desensitization stages of the SGM. From the limited data available for the victim selection and post-abuse maintenance stages, the findings showed these tactics were relatively less common. Overall, clergy who were alleged to have committed CSA used tactics consistent with sexual grooming in general, although there were unique aspects of sexual grooming given their institutional role and position.

在美国天主教会内发生儿童性虐待 (CSA) 事件后，据推测，其中许多案件因涉及性修饰而未报告。本研究通过内容验证的性修饰模型 (SGM) 的镜头检查了神职人员性修饰行为的普遍性。该研究使用了对美国天主教会内 10,667 起涉嫌 CSA 案件的受害者调查的档案数据。结果显示，被指控的神职人员在 SGM 的获得访问和隔离、信任发展和脱敏阶段经常使用策略。从可用于受害者选择和虐待后维护阶段的有限数据来看，调查结果表明这些策略相对不太常见。全面的，