Abuse of Minors in the Catholic Church

<p>This book offers an academically rigorous examination of the biological psychological social and ecclesiastical processes that allowed sexual abuse in the Catholic Church to happen and then be covered up. The collected essays provide a means to better assess systemic wrongdoing in religious institutions so that they can be more effectively held to account. </p><p>An international team of contributors apply a necessarily multi-disciplinary approach to this difficult subject. Chapters look closely at the sexual abuse of minors by Roman Catholic clerics explaining the complexity of this issue which cannot be reduced to simple misconduct sexual deviation or a management failure alone. The book will help the reader to better understand the social organizational and cultural processes in the Church over recent decades as well as the intricate world of beliefs moral rules and behaviours. It concludes with some strategies for change at the individual and corporate levels that will better ensure safeguarding within the Catholic Church and its affiliate institutions. </p><p>This multifaceted study gives a nuanced analysis of this huge organizational failure and offers recommendations for effective ways of preventing it in the future. As such it will be of keen interest to scholars of Religious Studies Sociology of Religion Psychology Psychiatry Legal Studies Ethics Anthropology Cultural Studies History and Theology. </p>