Karlijn (Karline) Demasure (born 1955) is a Belgian professor of theology teaching at the

Pontifical Gregorian University The Pontifical Gregorian University ( it, Pontificia Università Gregoriana; also known as the Gregorian or Gregoriana,) is a higher education ecclesiastical school ( pontifical university) located in Rome, Italy. The Gregorian originated as ...

in Rome. Her field of expertise is child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. Since 2014 she is the Executive Director of the

Centre for Child Protection The Institute of Anthropology: Interdisciplinary Studies on Human Dignity and Care (IADC) is an academic institute of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy. The Institute of Anthropology offers higher educational degrees in safeguar ...

of Gregorian University.

Career

After obtaining in 2003 a PhD on child sexual abuse in the

Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

, Demasure worked as a doctoral assistant and assistant professor at the University of Leuven. From 2007 till 2011 she was a researcher for the Interdiocesan Services for Pastoral Care for Families (Belgium) and for the Chaplaincy in the Dutch Military (The Netherlands). From 2008 to 2014 she held the Chair Sisters of Our Lady of the Cross in Christian Family Studies as an associate professor at

Saint Paul University Saint Paul University (french: Université Saint-Paul) is a bilingual Catholic Pontifical university federated with the University of Ottawa since 1965. It is located on Main Street in Canada's capital city, Ottawa, Ontario. Fully bilingual, it ...

Ottawa (Canada). From 2010 to 2014 she was the dean of the faculties of Human Sciences and Philosophy. From 2012 to 2014 Demasure was the president of the Societé Internationale de Théologie Pratique. From 2014 to 2019 she was the Executive Director of the

of the Gregorian University. This centre elaborates e-learning programs in preventing abuse of children and vulnerable persons. In 2016 the CCP started with a diploma course in safeguarding of minors. In 2019 Demasure decided to return to

in Ottawa, Canada, where she now heads the newly established interdisciplinar
Centre for Safeguarding Minors and Vulnerable Persons

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Demasure, Karlijn 1955 births Living people 21st-century Belgian Roman Catholic theologians Academic staff of KU Leuven 20th-century Belgian Roman Catholic theologians