Pedophiles and Priests: Anatomy of a Contemporary Crisis
by Philip Jenkins
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This volume takes a close, dispassionate look at the entire history of the issue of sexual abuse among the clergy, and especially among the Roman Catholic clergy. From the first rumblings to today's headlines, Philip Jenkins has written a fascinating, exhaustive, and, above all, even-handedaccount that not only puts this particular crisis in perspective, but offers an eye-opening look at the way in which an issue takes hold of the popular imagination. Jenkins reassures us about our local show more clergy, but also delivers a disturbing message about how vulnerable we are to the news media.Meticulously documented and dispassionately argued, this volume marks a watershed in the discussion of an issue of enormous current interest, one that will not disappear from the headlines any time soon. show lessTags
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This book examines the conflicting ideas about child sexual molestation in the latter half of the 20th century and explains how the Catholic Church got caught in an older model as a new one was replacing it. This is an excellent book, by no means absolving the Church, but going a long way towards explaining how the priestly abuse scandal is not just about evil, uncaring prelates.
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