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Child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church
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Child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church

Author: Louise I Gerdes
Publisher: San Diego, CA : Greenhaven Press, 2003.
Series: At issue (San Diego, Calif.)
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Contains sixteen essays in which the authors debate issues related to sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy, including church policies and practices that encourage or discourage sexually predatory behavior against children, and whether the church's response is adequate.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Louise I Gerdes
ISBN: 073771803X 9780737718034 0737718048 9780737718041
OCLC Number: 51274652
Description: 107 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church: an overview / Kenneth Jost --
A message from the Pope on the child sexual abuse crisis / John Paul II --
Three types of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church / William Rusher --
The celibacy requirement for priests does not contribute to child sexual abuse / Philip Jenkins --
Practices within the Catholic hierarchy encourage child sexual abuse / Christopher Hitchens --
The Catholic Church's response to child sexual abuse is adequate / Stephen J. Rossetti --
The Catholic Church's response to child sexual abuse is inadequate / Stephen J. Pope --
Zero tolerance of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church is unfair and un-Catholic / Tom Beaudoin --
The Church's zero-tolerance policy is unfair to victims / Ross Mackenzie --
Homosexuality in the priesthoox fosters child sexual abuse / Rod Dreher --
Catholic bishops must reform to resolve the child sexual abuse crisis / Michael Sean Winters --
Child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church should be treated as a crime / Thomas Szasz --
The costs of child sexual abuse litigation threaten the Catholic Church / Dan Michalski --
A victim speaks out / Craig Martin --
A nonabusing priest speaks out / J. Ronald Knott.
Series Title: At issue (San Diego, Calif.)
Responsibility: Louise Gerdes, book editor.

Abstract:

Contains sixteen essays in which the authors debate issues related to sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy, including church policies and practices that encourage or discourage sexually predatory behavior against children, and whether the church's response is adequate.

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