From Colonial Origins to Clergy Misconduct: Deconstructing Perpetrator’s Entitlement and Purity Culture’s Path
摘要
This chapter situates clergy sexual misconduct in Korean Protestant churches within a broader colonial framework, examining how patriarchal entitlement, purity culture, and historically introduced white evangelical Christian ideologies converge to shape the dynamics of abuse. Drawing on the story of Soo-Yeon, a victim-survivor, the chapter demonstrates how these colonially inherited theological frameworks—combined with traditional Confucian hierarchies—reinforce harmful gender norms, racialized misogyny, and the commodification of women’s bodies. Collectively, these systems legitimize male pastoral entitlement over women’s sexuality while silencing and stigmatizing victim-survivors. By emphasizing the urgent need for a decolonial approach to dismantle these toxic colonial legacies, this chapter calls faith-based communities to actively confront and uproot patriarchal entitlement, thereby creating spaces where victim-survivors receive authentic support, justice, and pathways to healing.