Sex offenders, pastoral care and the local church

While church leaders have a duty of care to their whole congregation, the responsibility to provide pastoral care to sex offenders is a sensitive issue that can provoke a range of responses. This careful and practical guide offers advice on a range of matters relating to sex offending, from handling initial reports of abuse by victims to negotiating court cases, receiving sex offenders into the church, safeguarding measures, and offering care to victims, the church and the wider community.