Frances Unsell

Church Abuse of Clergy

Church Leadership & Ministry

“Gene Fowler posits that irrational abuse of clergy by congregations is often the result of an unresolved earlier congregational trauma. Drawing on the work of group psychotherapist Earl Hopper he posits that clergy abuse is not simply an interpersonal conflict. This hypothesis will undoubtedly shift how religious leaders think about and work to ameliorate or prevent this difficult dilemma.”