Sin against the Innocents Sexual Abuse by Priests and the Role of the Catholic Church

Subjects:

• Psychology » Psychology (General)
• Psychology » Abnormal Psychology

Reviews:

• An important collection of essays from many viewpoints discussing the causes, effects and implications for the church of the sexual abuse crisis.
  —Conscience The News Journal of Catholic Opinion Summer/Autumn 2004

• Endorsement From Donald Cozzens,
  Visiting Professor of Religious Studies, John Carroll University
  and author of Sacred Silence: Denial and the Crisis in the Church: Thomas Plante has edited the most comprehensive and penetrating analysis of the clergy sexual abuse scandal to date. The authors make an important contribution to our understanding of the causes, dynamics, and clerical systems that both spawned and sustained this Sin against the Innocents.

Table of Contents:

• Series Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: Sin Against the Innocents by Thomas G. Plante
• Scandal: The Boston Globe and Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church by Michael Rezendes
• Clergy Sexual Abuse in the American Catholic Church: The View from the Vatican by John Allen Jr.
• Canon Law and the Clergy Sex Abuse Crisis: The Failure from Above by Thomas P. Doyle
• Pledges, Promises, and Actions: The Road to Resolution of the Crisis of Abuse of Children by Catholic Clergy by Kathleen McChesney
• Clergy Sexual Misconduct Oversight Review Boards by Nanette de Fuentes
• The Crisis of Sexual Abuse and the Celibate/Sexual Agenda of the Church by A. W. Richard Sipe
• Clergy Sexual Abuse and Homosexuality by Gerald D. Coleman
• What Have We Learned? Implications for Future Research and Formation by John Allen Loftus
• Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP): An Action Plan by David Clohessy and Michael Wegs
• Perpetrators of Clergy Abuse of Minors: Insights from Attachment Theory by Donna J. Markham and Samuel F. Mikail
• Collaboration between the Catholic Church, the Mental Health, and the Criminal Justice Systems Regarding Clergy Sex Offenders by Curtis C. Bryant
• The Relationship between the Treatment Facilities and the Church Hierarchy: Forensic Issues and Future Considerations by L. M. Lothstein
• Barriers to Responding to the Clergy Sexual Abuse Crisis within the Roman Catholic Church by John C. Gonsiorek
• Episcopal Responsibility for the Sexual Abuse Crisis by William C. Spohn
• What the Bishops Failed to Learn from Corporate Ethics Disaster by Kirk Hanson
• Conclusion: What Do We Know and Where Do We Need to Go? by Thomas G. Plante
• List of Contributors
• Appendix: Character for the Protection of Children and Young People, revised edition