Pedophiles and priests : anatomy of a contemporary crisis
If we can believe the six o'clock news, there has been an epidemic of sexual abuse among the clergy, and especially among the Roman Catholic clergy. This study looks at the entire history of this mushrooming scandal, from the first rumblings to the explosion of headlines.
Print Book, English, 2001
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Oxford University Press, New York, 2001
ix, 214 pages ; 24 cm
9780195145977, 0195145976
1001546308
1. The Construction of Problems and Panics; 2. The Anti-Catholic Tradition; 3. The Discovery of Clergy Sex Abuse; 4. The Media and the Crisis; 5. Pedophilia and Child Abuse; 6. Conflict in the Churches; 7. Sins of the Fathers: The Feminist Response; 8. The Legal Environment; 9. Defending the Therapy; 10. Meanings and Directions
Originally published in 1996
Contains a new preface