Dubec S. auteur aut IRD Morin C. auteur aut IRD Atlani Duault Laëtitia auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf born digital access While sexual abuse by members of the Catholic Church is a topic of growing importance, and the subject of much work to understand its construction as a public problem, little research has attempted to analyse the press coverage of this phenomenon. This article focuses on French press coverage of sexual violence committed by Catholic Church members between 2016 and 2020, a period of intense coverage, and aims to grasp its causes and solutions as reported in the daily national press. Based on content analysis using an inductive framing grid that lists the causes and solutions reported by four major national daily newspapers, the study results reveal a tendency to highlight systemic causes, particularly the role played by the silence of the Church in the perpetuation of violence, while reporting extensively on individual cases. This reflects both the strong movement of recognition of the victims, as well as their driving role in the newspapers' exposure of the phenomenon. specialized Press coverage media sexual abuse Catholic Church France framing analysis FRANCE 124 106 112 [Early access] [17 p.] 2023 0267-3231 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010086671 10.1177/02673231221142550 0267-3231 [F B010086671] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010086671 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2023-01/010086671.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2023-01-11 2026-06-12 fdi:010086671 fre