Clerical sexual abuse : how the crisis changed US Catholic church-state relations
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Clerical sexual abuse : how the crisis changed US Catholic church-state relations
（Palgrave studies in religion, politics, and policy / series editors, Ted G. Jelen and Mark J. Rozell）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2014
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-265) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The book discusses the changing relationship between American Catholic Bishops and civil authorities in the United States, as civil authority has eclipsed traditional Catholic ecclesiastical privilege and clerical exemption resulting from the hierarchical mismanagement and cover-up of clerical sexual abuse in the United States.
Table of Contents
1. Warnings and Denials: Gauthe 2. Revelations and Scandals: Geoghan and Shanley 3. Challenges and Complexity: Canon and Civil Law 4. Too Little, Too Late: The Hierarchy Responds 5. Pushback and Payback: The Laity and The Lawyers 6. From Crisis to Compassion? The Future
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