Caring for perpetrators of sexual violence: proclaiming freedom for the captives, and release from darkness: a pastoral theological imperative

The previous article described what sexual violence and perpetrators of sexual violence are in society. It further discusses the causes of sexual violence perpetration behaviour in an individual. Its purpose is to give an understanding of this pandemic to the church so that it can fully understand the enemy that is facing its society. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗶𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆. That is to contribute to combating the existing human problems, in this case, sexual violence perpetration, through the will of God by the engagement of the scriptures (Sunday, 2020 & Kalmanofsky, 2017).