JORDAN PROJECT
ABOUT THE JORDAN PROJECT
It is a scientific research project on the structural causes of abuse of power (conscience, authority, sexual, etc.) within the Catholic Church, from a theological-spiritual perspective.
Commissioned by the Provincial of the Society of Jesus in Spain to UNIJES (Jesuit Universities Spain) in 2020, is co-financed by Porticus.
It is framed in the ecclesial context of research promoted by Pope Francis in 2018 when he considered the sexual abuse of minors as the visible face of a structural problem of the church.
The Society of Jesus, in its GC36 (2019) included in its Second Apostolic Preference (Walking with the excluded) its commitment to work in this field. Since that same year, the Province of Spain began its work on intervention and prevention of abuses through its Safe Environment System.
With the Jordán project, he takes another step in the academic field. Starting from theological reflection, its objective is focused on detect abusive systemic dynamics to help deactivate them, as well as the emotional, structural, institutional and legal needs that beat at the bottom of the abuses. From a dialogue between the research staff and the victims, perpetrators and members of the institution, he wants develop proposals for prevention and healing based on evidence. And with this, contribute to generating a culture of good treatment and an ethic of pastoral conduct in the Church.
Actualidad
PUBLICACIÓN
9 de enero de 2026
Con el nuevo año, ve la luz «Abuso de poder en la Iglesia. Una propuesta multidisciplinar».
Una obra coral con grandes contribuciones que analizan de manera estructurada y multidisciplinar el abuso de poder en la Iglesia.
«A través de perspectivas teológicas, jurídicas y sociológicas, diversos autores y entidades ofrecen una reflexión profunda y rigurosa sobre las dinámicas del abuso, sus causas y sus consecuencias.
Con un enfoque crítico y constructivo, este libro no solo busca visibilizar una realidad a menudo silenciada, sino también proponer caminos de renovación institucional que fomenten la justicia, la transparencia y la esperanza en un futuro libre de abusos. Dirigida a académicos, líderes eclesiásticos y lectores interesados en la intersección entre fe, ética y poder, esta obra constituye una contribución esencial al diálogo contemporáneo sobre la responsabilidad en la Iglesia».
"No one who has lit a lamp, covers it with a vessel or puts it under the bed, but puts it on the candlestick so that those who enter can see the light. For there is nothing hidden that will not be discovered, nor anything secret that not become known and made public"
(Lk 8,16-17)