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Taking on a still-controversial topic, a diverse group of experts, including victims and clergy, offers reflections on the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church, examining what the church has done-and what it still needs to do-to protect children.
Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church: A Decade of Crisis, 2002-2012 is a thoughtful, multidisciplinary commentary. Beginning when the scandal first broke in Boston in 2002, this first-of-its-kind work offers a wide range of opinion, both positive and negative, on what has been done in the ensuing ten years to stop and prevent such abuse.
Through the contributions here, readers can delve into the world of the church hierarchy and into the minds of abusive priests and their victims. The book presents the views of leading academics and psychologists, but also allows the church to speak. First-person insights from victims are shared, as in a chapter written by a woman abused by a clergy member as an adolescent. She explains what happened, the resulting trauma, how she healed, and what she thinks needs to be done to prevent future abuse-a subject that still makes headlines and stirs debate.
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PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I: Where Are We Now?A Victim's Journey
Anonymous1 Tragedy and Travesty: The Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Clergy
Thomas G. Plante and Kathleen L. McChesney2 Incidence of Clerical Sexual Abuse over Time: Changes in Behavior and Seminary Training between 1950 and 2008
Karen J. Terry, Katarina Schuth, and Margaret Leland SmithPart II: The "Dallas" Charter3 Journey to the
CharterMark E. Chopko, J. Cletus Kiley, and Francis J. Maniscalco4 The Failure of the Dallas Charter and Canon Law: A Blessing in Disguise
Terrence A. Carroll5 The Charter Report Card: Have the Bishops Lived up to the Promises Made in Dallas?
Kathleen L. McChesney6 Was Archimedes an Insider or an Outsider?
Michael R. MerzPart III: Church Culture7 Changing the Culture
Bishop Geoffrey J. Robinson8 Vicissitudes of Response to Pastoral Malfeasance: A Sociological View of Church Polity
Anson Shupe9 Scandal versus Culture: Mother Church and the Rape of Her Children
A.?W. Richard Sipe10 Church Governance in Light of the Sex Abuse Scandal: The Need for Financial Accountability, Transparency, and Sound Internal Financial Controls
Charles ZechPart IV: Reflections from the Faithful, the Victims, and the Clergy11 Response of the Faithful: Ten Years of Crisis
James E. Post12 The Policy Seeks Silence but the Church Needs Prevention
Barbara Blaine13 Sexual Abuse by Catholic Clergy: The Spiritual Damage
Thomas P. Doyle14 A Priest's Perspective on the Crisis
Richard VegaPart V: Clergy Screening, Formation, and Treatment15 Psychological Screening of Clergy Applicants: Keeping Those Who Might Harm Children and Others Out of Ministry
Thomas G. Plante16 Seminary Formation in Light of the Sexual Abuse Crisis:
Pastores Dabo VobisGerald D. Coleman17 The Response of Religious Institutes of Men to the Crisis of Sexual Abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in the United States
Monica Applewhite and Paul Macke18 Understanding the Treatment of Clerical Sex Offenders
Gerard J. McGlonePart VI: Conclusion19 Beyond the Decade of Crisis
Kathleen L. McChesney and Thomas G. PlanteAbout the Editors and ContributorsIndexAbout the Abnormal Psychology Series
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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).
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Taking on a still-controversial topic, a diverse group of experts, including victims and clergy, offers reflections on the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church, examining what the church has done-and what it still needs to do-to protect children.
