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16 of the Best Books and Articles on: Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal

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Bless Me Father for I Have Sinned: Perspectives on Sexual Abuse Committed by Roman Catholic Priests » Read Now
by Thomas G. Plante. 184 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

A tremendous amount of media attention has been devoted to revealing sexual abuse perpetrated by Roman Catholic priests. These essays outline a clinical agenda for professionals dealing with clergy sexual abuse. They should enable research clinical professionals, and clergy to identify the relevant...
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A tremendous amount of media attention has been devoted to revealing sexual abuse perpetrated by Roman Catholic priests. These essays outline a clinical agenda for professionals dealing with clergy sexual abuse. They should enable research clinical professionals, and clergy to identify the relevant issues in the identification, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of child and adolescent sexual abuse committed by Roman Catholic priests. Leading experts in the field from the United States and Canada have offered their different perspectives on this compelling problem including victim profiles for determining who is at risk.
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Sin against the Innocents: Sexual Abuse by Priests and the Role of the Catholic Church » Read Now
by Thomas G. Plante. 226 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library
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The Church's Sex-Abuse Crisis: What's Old, What's New, What's Needed--and Why, in Commonweal » Read Now
by Peter Steinfels. 7 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

...THE CHURCHS SEX-ABUSE CRISIS : Whats Old...committees, not the church hierarchy alone, to assess allegations of sex abuse," Jon Sawyer, the...instances of child sex abuse...
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Church Responses to Pedophilia, in Theological Studies » Read Now
by Norbert J. Rigali. 16 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...on the part of the Church in Canada and the...light of the sexual abuse of children is linked...increase and coercive sex to be considered...adequate in naming the Churchs...
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Treating Child Survivors of Clergy Sexual Abuse, in Annals of the American Psychotherapy Association » Read Now
by Lori Leyden-Rubenstein. 2 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Psychology, Entire Library

...criminal and civil sexual abuse litigation. Church experts estimate that...engage in illegal sex with children under...multiple levels of abuse, betrayal and...
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Bonaventure and the Sin of the Church, in Theological Studies » Read Now
by C. Colt Anderson. 23 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...oppose actively all abuse by bringing it...can speak of the Church as a collective...not due to her sex (Moralia 3.7.11...Allegations of Sexual Abuse of Minors by...
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Seeking a Better Way, in First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life » Read Now
by John Neuhaus. 8 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Every time the Church addresses the issue of sexual abuse--whether it...intergenerational sex." In the case...highly publicized sex crimes and states...physical child...
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Scandal Time, in First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life » Read Now
by Richard John Neuhaus. 4 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...have been charged with abuse and that the claims were...encroachment by the state on the Churchs right to self-governance...psychological thinking about sex abuse and sex...
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Scandal Time (Continued), in First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life » Read Now
by Richard John Neuhaus. 9 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...the pastor of the local church, meaning the diocese. The...guidelines" for dealing with sex abuse. The summoning of the cardinals...It is no news that the Church has...
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The Moment after Suffering: Lessons from the Pedophilia Scandal, in Commonweal » Read Now
by Canice Connors. 4 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Ironically, even as church authorities become...victims of clergy abuse, the abusers are becoming...sexual partner. The sex object of a homosexual...such is an adult; the...
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One Boy's Story: 'Father M Would Like to See You in His Office,' in Commonweal » Read Now
by Rand Richards Cooper. 6 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

...in the night. You dream about sex, and in your sleep you ejaculate...scandals besetting the Catholic Church, I heard from Father M--a letter...transparency--not easy for...
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Images of Issues: Typifying Contemporary Social Problems (Chap. 6 "Clergy Sexual Abuse: The Symbolic Politics of a Social Problem") » Read Now
by Joel Best. 366 pgs.

...the press: sexism, wife abuse, sexual harassment, pay...chapters on sexism and sex discrimination. Obviously...study by comparing child abuse to other instances where...our...
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Jacques Maritain on the Church's Misbehaving Clerics, in Cross Currents » Read Now
by Bernard Doering. 9 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Jacques Maritain on the churchs misbehaving clerics...concerning sexual abuse of children by priests...the institutional Church. The daily accounts...of clerical sexual...
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Taking Command, in American Journalism Review » Read Now
by Mark Lisheron. 6 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

...balanced reportage on church matters one of his hallmarks...Geoghan, whose sexual abuse of children could be...readers learned Law and the church responded by moving...
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The Priest Scandal: How Old News at Last Became a Dominant National Story ... and Why It Took so Long, in American Journalism Review » Read Now
by Carol M. Cannon. 8 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

...Post runs a front-page piece, "Catholics: Church in Midst of a Crisis," with a Post poll...that seven in 10 Catholics believe sexual abuse by priests is a problem that...
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Reclaiming the Sacredness and the Beauty of the Body: The Sexual Abuse of Women and Children from a Church Leader's Perspective, in The Ecumenical Review » Read Now
by David Coles. 7 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...mediation can prevent such abuse taking place. While codes...ordained ministers of the church. In his book, Sex in the Forbidden Zone...2002, p. 138. (2) Sex in the...