This research assessed clergymen perceptions of child sexual abuse in Catalonia (Spain) and identified elements pointing toward anomie and a discourse linked to the neutralization of the perpetrators’ criminal responsibility. The study included 20 interviews from diocesan priests and members of religious congregations, who highlighted the impact of sexual abuse on clergy, the plurality of sensitivities, the existence of discourses tending to idealization, the presence of neutralization techniques and the existence of an institutionalized and persistent anomie within the Catholic Church. This research concluded that the problem of child sexual abuse is related to both individual (such as loneliness, among others) and institutional aspects (for example, selection and training of future clergymen, among others). To reduce the tension existing between cultural goals and institutional means, institutional reforms are necessary in terms of reviewing and de-consecrating cultural goals and improving adaptation of institutional means, while also focusing on supporting clerics and reducing loneliness. A debate needs to be normalized inside the Church, related to moralism, clerical power, and celibacy, among others.

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圣洁与现实生活之间：西班牙天主教会中的儿童性虐待

这项研究评估了加泰罗尼亚（西班牙）神职人员对儿童性虐待的看法，并确定了指向失范的因素以及与消除犯罪者刑事责任相关的话语。该研究包括来自教区神父和宗教会众的 20 次采访，他们强调了性虐待对神职人员的影响、敏感性的多元化、倾向于理想化的话语的存在、中和技术的存在以及制度化和持久化的存在天主教会内部的失范。这项研究得出的结论是，儿童性虐待问题与个人（例如孤独等）和制度方面（例如，未来神职人员的选择和培训等）有关。为缓解文化目标与制度手段之间存在的紧张关系，需要进行制度改革，包括对文化目标的审视和去祭祀，提高制度手段的适应性，同时注重支持神职人员，减少孤独感。一场辩论需要在教会内部正常化，涉及道德主义、神职人员权力和独身生活等。