Child Abuse in the Catholic Church
Child Abuse in the Catholic Church | Child Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church: An Overview
Kenneth Jost, a staff writer for the CQ Researcher, contributes to the American Bar Association Journal and is adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center.
Summary: Media coverage linking Catholic priests to reports of pedophilia set off an international debate over the causes and consequences of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. For example, while some Catholics blame the church hierarchy for failing to protect their children from sexual abuse, others believe the church acted in good faith when dealing with reports of...
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Table of Contents
- Child Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church: An Overview
- A Message from the Pope on the Child Sexual Abuse Crisis
- Three Types of Child Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church
- The Celibacy Requirement for Priests Contributes to Child Sexual Abuse
- The Celibacy Requirement for Priests Does Not Contribute to Child Sexual Abuse
- Practices Within the Catholic Hierarchy Encourage Child Sexual Abuse
- The Catholic Church’s Response to Child Sexual Abuse Is Adequate
- The Catholic Church’s Response to Child Sexual Abuse Is Inadequate
- Zero Tolerance of Child Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church Is Unfair and Un-Catholic
- The Church’s Zero-Tolerance Policy Is Unfair to Victims
- Homosexuality in the Priesthood Fosters Child Sexual Abuse
- Catholic Bishops Must Reform to Resolve the Child Sexual Abuse Crisis
- Child Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church Should Be Treated as a Crime
- The Costs of Child Sexual Abuse Litigation Threaten the Catholic Church
- A Victim Speaks Out
- A Nonabusing Priest Speaks Out
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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