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Sin against the Innocents Sexual Abuse by Priests and the Role of the Catholic Church
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Book Code: C8175
ISBN: 0-275-98175-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-98175-4
256 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 3/30/2004
List Price: $43.95 (UK Sterling Price: £24.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: 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.
Description: Experts from a variety of fields join forces to show what fuels a most horrific violation of trust--sexual abuse by priests--and how the Church and church structure play a role in this abuse. This riveting work includes chapters by a former Director of the premiere U.S. facility treating clergy who are sexual offenders, by a Jesuit psychologist who authored the largest study of clergy sexual abusers ever completed, and from a Vatican Correspondent explaining the issues as seen by the Vatican. The text also includes an opening chapter by Michael Rezendes, a Boston Globe investigative reporter and member of the Spotlight Team that won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking the story of sexual abuse by clergy. A statement by the Executive Director of SNAP, the national support group for victims of clergy sexual abuse, is also included. This is the first book that gathers experts from a variety of fields to offer thoughtful, objective perspectives regarding what we know about sexual abuse by clergy and what we can do to solve the problem. Attention is given not only to psychological aspects of both the perpetrators and victims, but also to canon law, clergy misconduct review boards, the sexual/celibate agenda of the Church, the challenges for treatment facilities, and barriers to resolution that exist within the Roman Catholic Church.
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
LC Card Number: 2004000064
LCC Class: BX1912
Dewey Class: 261
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