In the wake of historical sexual abuse across the Catholic Church globally, the Church continues to develop policies and processes to prevent and respond to child sexual abuse, including supporting the skills, knowledge, and confidence of members of the Church. We investigated the safeguarding capabilities of a range of people with different roles within Catholic Church ministries in various countries. Our 184 participants included lay people, religious men and women, school staff, safeguarding officers and tertiary students associated with the Catholic Church. Data were collected across seven different countries. We measured the awareness, confidence, attitudes, and knowledge of participants and examined differences between participants in different roles within the Church and different countries through General Linear Models. We found varying levels of awareness, confidence, attitudes, and knowledge regarding sexual abuse prevention and safeguarding. We pinpointed the significant differences in three of these domains (confidence, attitudes, and knowledge) both between people with different roles in the church worldwide, but also between the countries from which participants came from. We found that people in various countries and roles within the Church are at different stages of their safeguarding journey. Some are still understanding their roles (attitudes), some are still learning about how it is operationalised (awareness), and others are acquiring skills that will prepare them for enacting safeguarding policies and practices (confidence).

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天主教会事工中成年人的保护能力：全球视角

在全球天主教会历史上发生性虐待事件之后，教会继续制定政策和流程来预防和应对儿童性虐待，包括支持教会成员的技能、知识和信心。我们调查了各国天主教会事工中担任不同角色的一系列人员的保护能力。我们的 184 名参与者包括平信徒、宗教人士、学校工作人员、保卫人员以及与天主教会有关的大学生。数据是在七个不同国家收集的。我们测量了参与者的意识、信心、态度和知识，并通过一般线性模型研究了教会内和不同国家中不同角色的参与者之间的差异。我们发现，人们对于性虐待预防和保护的认识、信心、态度和知识水平各不相同。我们指出了世界各地教会中不同角色的人们之间以及参与者来自的国家之间在其中三个领域（信心、态度和知识）的显着差异。我们发现，不同国家的人们和教会中的角色正处于其保护旅程的不同阶段。有些人仍在了解自己的角色（态度），有些人仍在学习如何运作（意识），另一些人正在获取技能，为制定保护政策和实践做好准备（信心）。