Conclusion: Making Unsafe Space Safe: Centering Victim-Survivors’ Experiences Through Culturally Attuned and Theologically Grounded Pastoral Care and Counseling
摘要
The conclusion brings together the main insights from the preceding chapters to propose a justice-focused, culturally informed approach to clergy sexual abuse in Korean Protestant churches. Recognizing the significance of trauma, cultural values, power hierarchies, and theological beliefs, it stresses the urgency of centering the care of victim-survivors. The chapter explores how narrowly defined labels can deepen stigma and how underlying social and institutional factors create what may be called undocumented wounds. Emphasizing the need for trauma-informed methods, cooperative healing practices, and decolonial thinking, it urges faith communities to establish transparent policies, promote inclusive leadership, and critically revisit theological teachings that foster patriarchy and militarized masculinity. It recommends developing clear reporting systems, collaborating with mental health professionals, and educating congregations so that accountability and compassion guide communal life. Taken together, these strategies call for deep changes—psychological, spiritual, structural, and communal—so that faith communities can fully embody justice, healing, and solidarity for all victim-survivors.