Hiding behind the Cloth: Child Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church

Autor/inn/en	Dale, Kathryn A.; Alpert, Judith L.
Titel	Hiding behind the Cloth: Child Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 16 (2007) 3, S.59-74 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1053-8712
Schlagwörter	Catholics; Sexual Abuse; Child Abuse; Social Problems; Churches; Clergy; Social Attitudes; Criminals; Individual Characteristics; Social History; Moral Values; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Katholik; Sexueller Missbrauch; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Church; Kirche; Klerus; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Straftäter; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Sozialgeschichte; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; USA
Abstract	The existence of child sexual abuse within the Catholic Church has shocked many. In this article, the authors review the history of child sexual abuse in the church, the recent events that brought this tragedy into societal consciousness, and the efforts by the church to conceal the abuse. Two sources of empirical literature, the general psychological writing on priest sex abuse and the psychoanalytic literature, on child sexual abuse are compared. Both sources of literature seek explanation for priests' child sexual abuse within the structure and culture of the church rather than viewing the priest as a "typical" sex predator. The authors argue that, in fact, the guilty priests are child predators who differ little from other child predators. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10