‘Clergy Sexual Misconduct: Helping Survivors and Communities to Heal’ to be held on campus
01 Nov 2004 by St. Thomas Newsroom in University News / No Comments
‘Clergy Sexual Misconduct: Helping Survivors and Communities to Heal’ conference will be held on campus
This interfaith conference will be held from 8:15 a.m. to 4:50 p.m. Jan. 20, in O’Shaughnessy Educational Center auditorium on the St. Thomas campus. It is designed for those interested in the healing of victim survivors of clergy sexual misconduct and their communities. Social workers, psychologists, family therapists, religious leaders, church administrators and other mental health and religious professionals are invited to attend.
The conference will feature workshops and two plenary speakers:
- "Clergy Sexual Abuse of Women: Some Historical Perspectives" by Gary Schoener, LP, M.Eq., executive director of the Walk-In Counseling Center
- "Coping as a Spiritual Process" by Mari Ann Graham, Ph.D., associate professor, School of Social Work at the University of St. Thomas and College of St. Catherine
Registration fee (includes lunch) is $50. To read more about the conference and to register, click here. Registration deadline is Jan. 10.
This conference, open to the public, is sponsored by the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis Office of Advocacy, the University of St. Thomas and the College of St. Catherine.
For more information, call the office for advocacy at (651) 291-4495.