Emma Anderson (English and French)
Full Professor, Department of Classics and Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts
Professor Anderson is a historian of religion in Canada and can provide analysis of the Catholic Church’s historical dealings of sexual assault.
Kharoll-Ann Souffrant (English and French)
Part-time Professor, Department of Criminology, Faculty of Social Sciences
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Professor Souffrant can discuss this topic from a social perspective.
“What is happening with the Catholic Church is not exclusive to that institution, as we have seen since the #MeToo movement that people who feel betrayed by institutions because of their deficient mechanisms for handling complaints about sexual violence is common. Also, defamation lawsuits against survivors have been a growing trend across North America for several years and can lead to a re-privatization of sexual violence (victims will be afraid to speak up and speak out).”