Child Abuse in the Catholic Church
Child Abuse in the Catholic Church | The Church’s Zero-Tolerance Policy Is Unfair to Victims
Ross Mackenzie is a syndicated columnist who writes on a variety of issues, including foreign affairs, culture, and family.
Summary: When the victims of child sexual abuse and the Catholic laity called for zero tolerance of pedophile priests, they rightly wanted a policy that mandated forced removal from the priesthood of every abusing priest. However, the zero-tolerance policy agreed to by the American bishops at their June 2002 meeting in Dallas, Texas, failed to meet these demands. Some priests will receive special dispensations: They will keep their...
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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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