Positions of power Sexual abuse

sexual misconduct can occur 1 person uses position of authority compel person engage in otherwise unwanted sexual activity. example, sexual harassment in workplace might involve employee being coerced sexual situation out of fear of being dismissed. sexual harassment in education might involve student submitting sexual advances of person in authority in fear of being punished, example being given failing grade.

several sexual abuse scandals have involved abuse of religious authority , cover-up among non-abusers, including cases in southern baptist religion, catholic church, episcopalian religion, islam, jehovah s witnesses, lutheran church, methodist church, church of jesus christ of latter-day saints, fundamentalist church of jesus christ of latter day saints, orthodox judaism, other branches of judaism, , various cults.