Dr Virginia Miller joins the show this week to discuss her new book, Child Sexual Abuse Inquiries and the Catholic Church: Reassessing the Evidence. The book reviews the methods and findings of inquiries in Ireland, America and Australia into child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

Virginia Miller (PhD) is a research fellow with the Centre for Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University, Canberra. Her research work includes church-focused policy research into sexual abuse of children, elder abuse, euthanasia, and religious freedom. Her other books include A King and a Fool? The Succession Narrative as a Satire (Brill).

Host Jonathan Cole is an academic, writer, speaker and translator who specialises in political theology: the intersection of religion and politics. He is currently Assistant Director of the Centre for Public and Contextual Theology at Charles Sturt University and previously worked for the Australian Federal Government, including as a Senior Terrorism Analyst at intelligence agency The Office of National Assessments.

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