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Language: en
Pages: 340
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Since 2002, the Roman Catholic Church has been in crisis over the sexual abuse of minors by priests and the cover-up of those crimes by bishops. Over 11,000 all
Language: en
Pages: 448
Pages: 448
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press
While seminaries, by many accounts, admit an increasing number of homosexuals, women are strictly barred from ministerial roles. The church's time-honored tradi
Language: en
Pages: 285
Pages: 285
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-10-20 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Taking on a still-controversial topic, a diverse group of experts, including victims and clergy, offers reflections on the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic C
Language: en
Pages: 392
Pages: 392
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-11-27 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
In the fourth century, clerics began to distinguish themselves from members of the laity by virtue of their augmented claims to holiness. Because clerical celib