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
by Thomas G. Plante. 184 pgs.

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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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Contents

Foreword

Notes

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction: What Do We Know About Roman Catholic Priests Who Sexually Abuse Minors?

Chapter 2: Sexuality in Priesthood: Noli Me Tangere

Chapter 3: Beginning an Intervention in Clergy Sexual Abuse

Chapter 4: Forensic Psychological Evaluations in Clergy Abuse

Chapter 5: Neuropsychological Findings in Clergy Who Sexually Abuse

Chapter 6: Psychological Treatment of Priest Sex Offenders

Chapter 7: The Problem of Prevention in Clergy Sexual Abuse

Chapter 8: Hear Our Cries: Victim-Survivors of Clergy Sexual Misconduct

Chapter 9: Conclusion: Sexual Abuse Committed by Roman Catholic Priests: Current Status, Future Objectives

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Sin against the Innocents: Sexual Abuse by Priests and the Role of the Catholic Church
by Thomas G. Plante. 226 pgs.

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Series Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Thomas G Plante

1: Scandal

2: Clergy Sexual Abuse in the American Catholic Church

3: Canon Law and the Clergy Sex Abuse Crisis

4: Pledges, Promises, and Actions

5: Clergy Sexual Misconduct Oversight Review Boards

6: The Crisis of Sexual Abuse and the Celibate/Sexual Agenda of the Church

7: Clergy Sexual Abuse and Homosexuality Gerald D Coleman

8: What Have We Learned? Implications for Future Research and Formation

9: Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (Snap)

10: Perpetrators of Clergy Abuse of Minors

11: Collaboration between the Catholic Church, the Mental Health, and the Criminal Justice Systems regarding Clergy Sex Offenders

12: The Relationship between the Treatment Facilities and the Church Hierarchy

13: Barriers to Responding to the Clergy Sexual Abuse Crisis within the Roman Catholic Church

14: Episcopal Responsibility for the Sexual Abuse Crisis

15: What the Bishops Failed to Learn from Corporate Ethics Disasters

16: Conclusion

Appendix: Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, Revised Edition

Index

About the Series Editor and Advisers

About the Editor and Contributors
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The Church's Sex-Abuse Crisis: What's Old, What's New, What's Needed--and Why, in Commonweal
by Peter Steinfels. 7 pgs.

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Church Responses to Pedophilia, in Theological Studies
by Norbert J. Rigali. 16 pgs.

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Treating Child Survivors of Clergy Sexual Abuse, in Annals of the American Psychotherapy Association
by Lori Leyden-Rubenstein. 2 pgs.

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Bonaventure and the Sin of the Church, in Theological Studies
by C. Colt Anderson. 23 pgs.

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Seeking a Better Way, in First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life
by John Neuhaus. 8 pgs.

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Scandal Time, in First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life
by Richard John Neuhaus. 4 pgs.

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Scandal Time (Continued), in First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life
by Richard John Neuhaus. 9 pgs.

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The Moment after Suffering: Lessons from the Pedophilia Scandal, in Commonweal
by Canice Connors. 4 pgs.

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One Boy's Story: 'Father M Would Like to See You in His Office,' in Commonweal
by Rand Richards Cooper. 6 pgs.

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Images of Issues: Typifying Contemporary Social Problems (Chap. 6 "Clergy Sexual Abuse: The Symbolic Politics of a Social Problem")
by Joel Best. 366 pgs.

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Social Problems and Social Issues

About the Editor

Contents

Preface to the Second Edition

Introduction

Notes

Part I

References

2: Horror Stories and the Construction of Child Abuse

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3: Stalking Strangers and Lovers: Changing Media Typifications of a New Crime Problem

4: Rethinking Medicalization: Alcoholism and Anomalies

Notes

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5: The Moral Drama of Multicultural Education

Part II

6: Clergy Sexual Abuse: the Symbolic Politics of a Social Problem

7: The Social Construction of Infertility: From Private Matter to Social Concern

8: The Crack Attack: America's Latest Drug Scare, 1986-1992

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Part III

9: "All We Want is Equality": Rhetorical Framing in the Fathers' Rights Movement

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10: Hate Crimes in the United States: The Transformation of Injured Persons Into Victims and the Extension of Victim Status to Multiple Constituencies

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11: Down on the Farm: Rationale Expansion in the Construction of Factory Farming as a Social Problem

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12: Writing Rights: the "Homeless Mentally III" and Involuntary Hospitalization

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13: Creativity, Conflict, and Control: Film Industry Campaigns to Shape Video Policy

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14: Cold Wars, Evil Empires, Treacherous Japanese: Effects of International Context on Problem Construction

Afterword

15: Constructionism in Context

Biographical Sketches of the Contributors

Index
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Jacques Maritain on the Church's Misbehaving Clerics, in Cross Currents
by Bernard Doering. 9 pgs.

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Taking Command, in American Journalism Review
by Mark Lisheron. 6 pgs.

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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
by Carol M. Cannon. 8 pgs.

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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
by David Coles. 7 pgs.

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