Christian Faith and Domestic Violence in Samoa and Samoan Communities in Aotearoa New Zealand
This 2016 project makes available web-based resources which address the problem of domestic violence in Samoa, and explore a constructive Christian response based on Samoan cultural values.
- Read more about the project here or go direct to the Report.
- View the Report record in the New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse catalog.
- View the English version of the report in the University of Otago Research Archive.
- View the Samoan version of the report in the University of Otago Research Archive.
Listening to Male Survivors of Church Sexual Abuse
This 2016 project investigates the impact of church sexual abuse on the faith and religious identity of male survivors. It includes interviews with eight survivors of sexual abuse within the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae religious movement in Lima, Peru. It explores the immediate and longer-term impact of the abuse, and examines how it affected their faith, religious identities and sense of self.
- Read more about the project here or go direct to the Report (in English) or in Spanish here.
- View the English version of the report in the University of Otago Research Archive.
- View the Spanish version of the report in the University of Otago Research Archive.
- Read media coverage of the Sodalicio case and report here.
