Bless Me Father for I Have Sinned - Perspectives on Sexual Abuse Committed by Roman Catholic Priests

List of contents

Preface by Thomas Plante
Foreword by Sylvia M. Demarest
Introduction: What Do We Know about Roman Catholic Priests who Sexually Abuse Minors? by Thomas Plante
Sexuality in the Priesthood: Noli me tangere by John Allan Loftus
Beginning an Intervention in Clergy Sexual Abuse by Gerdenio Manuel
Forensic Psychological Evaluations in Clergy Abuse by John Gonsiorek
Neuropsychological Findings in Priests Who Sexually Abuse by Leslie Lothstein
Psychological Treatment of Priest Sex Offenders by Curtis Bryant
The Problem of Prevention in Clergy Sexual Abuse by Richard Sipe
Hear our Cries: Victim-Survivors of Clergy Sexual Misconduct by Nanette de Fuentes
Conclusion: Sexual Abuse Committed by Roman Catholic Priests: Current Status; Future Objectives by Thomas Plante

About the author

Thomas G. Plante is Professor and Chair of Psychology at Santa Clara University, and Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is also Series Editor for the Praeger series in Abnormal Psychology. Plante also maintains a private practice in Menlo Park, Calif. He has authored more than 100 journal articles and book chapters, as well as authored, co-authored, edited or co-edited six books, including Sin Against the Innocents: Sexual Abuse by Priests and the Role of the Catholic Church (Praeger, 2004) and Contemporary Clinical Psychology (1999, 2005).

Product details

• Authors: Thomas G. Plante Ph.D.
• Assisted by: Thomas Plante (Editor), Thomas G. Plante (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.1999
• EAN: 9780275963866
• ISBN: 978-0-275-96386-6
• No. of pages: 200
• Weight: 425 g
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Religion, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sexual Abuse & Harassment, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Pastoral Resources, Christianity, Sexual abuse & harassment, Sexual abuse and harassment, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Religious social and pastoral thought and activity, Christian social thought & activity