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Sexual abuse by clergy

Books and articles on abuse

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Books and articles dealing with alleged sexual abuse by clergy:

Most of the following deal specifically with abuse by the Roman Catholic priesthood.
bulletJason Berry, "Lead Us Not into Temptation: Catholic Priests and the Sexual Abuse of Children," University of Illinois Press, (Reprinted 2000). Read reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store
bulletFrank Bruni & Elinor Burkett "A Gospel of Shame: Children, Sexual Abuse, and the Catholic Church," Perennial, (Reprinted 2002 with a new introduction and afterward).  Read reviews or order this book
bulletMatt Carroll et al., "Betrayal: The crisis in the Catholic Church," Little Brown, (2002).  Written by the investigative staff of the Boston Globe. Read reviews or order this book
bulletJohn T, Chibnall et al., "A national survey of the sexual trauma experiences of Catholic nuns," St. Louis University, Review of Religious Research, Volume 40 #2, (1998-DEC). Online at: http://rra.hartsem.edu/
bulletFather Donald Cozzens:
bullet"The Changing Face of the Priesthood: A reflection on the priest's crisis of soul," Liturgical Press, (2000). Chapter 8 "Betraying Our Young" deals with sexual abuse. Read reviews or order this book
bullet"Sacred Silence: Denial and Crisis in the Church." Liturgical Press (2002). Read reviews or order this book
bulletDavid France, "Our Fathers: The secret life of the Catholic Church in an age of scandal." Broadway, (2003?). This is a four-decade survey of abuse by an investigative editor at Newsweek. Read reviews or order this book
bulletNils Friberg, Ed, et al, "Restoring the Soul of a Church: Healing Congregations Wounded by Clergy Sexual Misconduct," Liturgical Press, (1995). Read reviews or order this book
bulletNancy Meyer Hopkins, "The Congregational Response to Clergy Betrayals of Trust," Liturgical Press, (1998). Read reviews or order this book
bulletPhilip Jenkins, "Pedophiles and Priests: Anatomy of a contemporary crisis," Oxford University Press, (2001). Read reviews or order this book
bulletThomas G. Plante, Ed., "Bless Me Father for I Have Sinned : Perspectives on Sexual Abuse Committed by Roman Catholic Priests," Praeger Pub., (1999). Read reviews or order this book
bulletStephen J. Rossetti:
bullet"Slayer of the Soul : Child Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church," Twenty-Third Publications, (1990). Read reviews or order this book
bullet"A Tragic Grace : The Catholic Church and Child Sexual Abuse," Liturgical Press, (1996). Read reviews or order this book
bulletA. W. Richard Sipe, "Sex, Priests and Power: Anatomy of a Crisis," Brunner/Mazel, (1995). Read reviews or order this book
bulletLen Sperry, "Sex, priestly ministry, and the Church," Liturgical Press, (2003).  Read reviews or order this book
bulletThomas Thigpen, Ed., "Shaken by Scandals: Catholics Speak Out About Priests' Sexual Abuse," Charis Books, (2002). Read reviews or order this book

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Related books:

bulletEugene Kennedy, "The Unhealed Wound: The Church and Human Sexuality," St. Martin's Press, (2001). Read reviews or order this book This book deals with a broad range of sexual topics within the Catholic Church.
bulletBrian Schwab, "The Sacred Robe," Barrier Reef Publ., (2001). This is a fictional account of sexual abuse by priests and an attempted cover-up by the church. Read reviews or order this book

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A related list on this web site:

bulletBooks which discuss change in the Roman Catholic Church

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Reference:

  1. Heidi Schlumpf, "Examining the Sins of the Fathers; The priest sex scandals have already spawned new books and bumped the backlist," Publishers Weekly, Page 34, 202-MAY-13.

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Copyright © 2002 to 2007 by Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
Originally written: 2002-MAY-19
Latest update: 2007-JUN-08
Author: B.A. Robinson

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