Psychiatrist Haller: 0.3 Percent of all Perpetrators are from Ecclesiastical Background

He also says that 50% of reports of sexual abuse are false.

The other 99.7 percent of the perpetrators of abuse come from the non-ecclesiastical field, says Juristic Psychiatrist in ORF-Interview.

Bregenz (kath.net) Only 0.3 Percent of all perpetrators, who have committed abuse against a minor, are from the ecclesiastical profession, said Juristic Psychiatrist Reinhard Haller in an interview with ORF Vorarlberg. 99.7 percent of the perpetrators come from familial environment or from societal organizations. Haller is a member of the independent commission, which is assigned to abuse cases in the Catholic Church and which is directed by Waltraud Klasnic.

It will be only little noticed in the current situation, that the most abuse cases occur in families or in societies. He hopes in the future, that the cases will be attended together, not only one of a special group.

His long experience in working with victims as a psychiatrist could be key for Klansic, Haller suspects the reason for his employment in the commission. Haller is a Specialist in Psychiatry and Neurology and for 20 years the medical director of the Vorarlberg Treatment Center for Addicts, Maria Level. Since 1983 his is a court appointed, sworn and certified expert for criminal psychiatry. As Catholic the collaboration in the commission is a concern.

He wants to discover also, how (potential) perpetrators can be kept away from the Church - and its work with youth. Even the "copycats" interest Haller: Some fifty percent of all occurrences of sexual abuse are false. This is a problem he wants to confront.

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