Child sexual abuse and the Catholic Church [electronic resource] : gender, power, and organizational culture / Marie Keenan.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.Description: 1 online resource (xxx, 355 p.)ISBN:- 9780199919604 (ebook) :
- 261.83272088282 23
- BX1912.9 .K44 2011
Linking the personal and the institutional, the author locates the problem of child sexual abuse not just in individual pathology, but also within larger systemic factors, such as the very institution of priesthood itself, the Catholic take on sexuality, clerical culture, power relations, governance structures of the Catholic Church, the process of formation for priesthood and religious life, and the complex manner in which these factors coalesce to create serious institutional risks for boundary violations, including child sexual abuse.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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