During my research I engaged with many advocacy bodies, support groups, peak bodies and academics. I have found the following to be reputable, or in the least, thought-provoking. I attempt to offer a concise, well-vetted listing, suggestions are welcome. Initially, the predominate focus was Australia, international links are now welcome.
CHILDREN OF CATHOLIC PRIESTS & OUR MOTHERS
Related Academic Research & Reports
‘Reproductive Abuse in the Context of Clergy Sexual Abuse
in the Catholic Church’ Doris Reisinger 2022
‘On Account of Scandal: Priests, their children & the
ecclesiastical demand for celibacy’ K A Taglia, 1995
‘Clerical Sexual Misconduct involving adults within
the Roman Catholic Church’ Dr S de Weger, 2016
‘Force of Habit: The Construction and negotiation of subjectivity
in Catholic nuns’ Megan P. Brock, 2007
‘Insincerity, Secrecy, Neutralisation, Harm: Reporting Clergy Sexual Misconduct
against Adults A Survivor-Based Analysis’ Dr Stephen de Weger, 2022
‘Unchaste Celibates: Clergy Sexual Misconduct against Adults
Expressions, Definitions & Harms’ S de Weger, 2022
‘The well from which we drink is poisoned:
Clergy sexual exploitation of adult women’ M Kennedy, 2009
‘The Contest of Moralities: Negotiating Compulsory Celibacy and Sexual
Intimacy in the Roman Catholic Priesthood’ Jane Anderson 2010
Clergy Sexual Misconduct - Definitions
GET HELP
Report Sexual Abuse to the Police (All States) p: 131444 Emergency 000
Lifeline Australia p: 131114 - Suicide Call Back Service p: 1300 659 467
Mensline Australia p: 1300 78 99 78 - Blue Knot Foundation p: 1300 657 380
ADOPTION
Association of Relinquishing Mothers
Forced Adoption Support Network
Government Apology for Forced Adoptions (Australia)
Bastard Nation - Adoption advocacy
Long-Term Effects of Adoption on Adoptees
Separation from a parent can permanently alter brain
Adoption-Related Trauma and Moral Injury
Early trauma leads to changes in the blood
DNA DISCOVERY / NPE (Not Parent Expected)
The NPE Guide
NPE Friends Fellowship
Discovering Misattributed Paternity After DNA Testing &
its Impact on Psychological Well-Being & Identity (Research)
Severance: a community of those separated from biological family
DNA Results Show Real Background (Video)
It’s Not A Figure of Speech: Secrets Really Are Toxic
The mental cost of keeping a secret