The sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church captured headlines
and mobilized public outrage in January 2002. But much of the
commentary that immediately followed was reductionistic, focusing
on single "causes" of clerical abuse such as mandatory celibacy,
homosexuality, sexual repressiveness or sexual permissiveness,
anti-Catholicism, and a decadent secular culture. Predatory
Priests, Silenced Victims: The Sexual Abuse Crisis and the Catholic
Church, a collection of groundbreaking articles edited by Mary Gail
Frawley-O'Dea and Virginia Goldner, eschews such one-size-fits-all
theorizing. In its place, the abuse situation is explored in all
its troubling complexity, as contributors take into account the
experiences, respectively, of the victim/survivor, the
abuser/perpetrator, and the bystander (whether family member,
professional/clergy, or the community at large). Setting polemics
to the side, Predatory Priests, Silenced Victims provides a sober
and sobering analysis of the interlacing historical, doctrinal, and
psychological issues that came together in the sexual abuse
scandal. It is mandatory reading for all who seek thoughtful,
informed commentary on a crisis long in the making and yet to be
resolved.
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