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Author Hidalgo, Myra L

Title Sexual Abuse and the Culture of Catholicism : How Priests and Nuns Become Perpetrators
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (161 pages)
Contents Front Cover; Sexual Abuse and the Culture of Catholicism; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword: Thomas P. Doyle; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Revelation of Crisis; A Personal Case Study; Sr. Mother Molester; The Secret; Eruption of Shame; Recovery; Confrontation; Chapter 2. Taking a Closer Look: Prevalence and Characteristics of Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church; Prevalence; Characteristics of Catholic Sexual Abuse; Perpetrator Characteristics; Victim Characteristics; Summary; Chapter 3. Political Attempts to Identify a Singular Cause; Celibacy; Homosexuality
The Power Structure of the ChurchNational Review Board Findings; Conclusion; Chapter 4. The Catholic Church As a Human System; What Is a Human System?; The Catholic Church As an Incestuous Family System; The 2002 Scandal: A Case Study of Incest; Chapter 5. Systemic Sexual Shame and Catholicism; Major Etiological Theories of Sexually Abusive Behavior; A Multifactor Ecological Approach to Sexual Offending; Risk Factors for Sexual Offending by Priests and Nuns; Chapter 6. Implications for Recovery, Research, and Prevention; Healing the Wounded; Research and Informed Prevention; References; Index
Summary An inside look at the reasons Catholic priests and nuns commit sexual abuseSexual Abuse and the Culture of Catholicism digs beneath the public scandals to explore the underlying causes of sexual abuse by priests and nuns from the unique perspective of an abuse victim/survivor who is an experienced mental health practitioner and social science researcher. This powerful book includes the author's personal account of sexual abuse by a nun and her years of struggle to recover. Passionate but scholarly and objective, the book advocates the need for healing dialogue, empirical research, and informed
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Subject Catholic Church -- Clergy -- Sexual behavior.
SUBJECT Catholic Church fast
Subject Nuns -- Sexual behavior
Child sexual abuse by clergy.
Child sexual abuse -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Child sexual abuse by clergy
Child sexual abuse -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church
Clergy -- Sexual behavior
Nuns -- Sexual behavior
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781136867941
1136867945