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Examine the reactions of leading clergy to the Catholic Church sex
abuse scandal! Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church is an
eye-opening collection of Catholic and non-Catholic perspectives,
statements, and responses regarding Catholic clergy sexual abuse
from a public symposium entitled Trusting the Clergy? This book
includes the viewpoints of some of today's most influential members
of the Catholic Church, such as Archbishop Harry J. Flynn, Bishop
Howard Hubbard, and Father Donald B. Cozzens. It will bring you up
to date on the ways in which the American Catholic bishops have
dealt, or are attempting to deal, with the sexual abuse scandal. In
Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church, Archbishop Harry J. Flynn
offers a bishop's perspective on the sexual abuse crisis and
describes how the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops
(USCCB) has responded to issues of clergy sexual abuse since the
1980s. Fr. Donald B. Cozzens summarizes what has been learned from
the clergy abuse crisis, and then moves to the systemic issues that
need to be addressednot just personal relationships but issues of
structure and meaning. This book also includes viewpoints about the
Catholic Church from renowned scholars and non-Catholic church
leaders, including Michael J. Bland and Rev. Dr. Marie M. Fortune.
This book offers presentations on: the Charter for the Protection
of Children and Young People created by the United States Catholic
Conference of Bishops (USCCB) the need for the Catholic hierarchy
to convert from an institutional protection agenda to a
justice-making agenda understanding the abusers' modes of operation
and motivations identifying future potential sexual abusers
attempting to enter the priesthood including the sexual abuse of
adults as well as children as future agenda issues the data the
Church compiles on the numbers of perpetrators, victims, and costs
associated with the scandal determining whom to believe when there
are conflicting stories the impact of the clergy sexual abuse
crisis on Latino and African-American communities Sexual Abuse in
the Catholic Church provides a historical marker for the state of
the church's discussion one year after the Boston Archdiocese was
faced with intense media scrutiny resulting in the resignation of
Cardinal Bernard Law. This book is a unique collection of credible,
diverse voices engaged in public discussion of a difficult social
problem facing the church. Use it to formulate your own opinion on
how the Catholic community is responding to the sexual abuse
scandal.
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Forging the Male Spirit (Hardcover)
W. Merle Longwood, William C Osb Schipper, Philip Culbertson
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Contributors to this book--historians, biblical specialists,
theologians, ethicists, and scholars of comparative
religions--examine the relationship between religious tradition and
manhood. The essays cover a broad range of topics--from the
dynamics of power in shaping masculine identity, to the role
religion plays in shaping masculine identity, to the experience of
myth, ritual, spiritual discipline, and community in the lives of
men.
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