Keenan, Marie.

Child sexual abuse and the Catholic Church : gender, power, and organizational culture / Marie Keenan. - New York : Oxford University Press, c2011. - xxx, 355 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-335) and index.

Part I: Sexual abuse: The catholic church, clerical men: a critical review -- Child sexual abuse by Roman Catholic Clergy: the scale and history of the problem -- Organised irresponsibility (I): the organisational and institutional culture of the Catholic Church -- The view from the ground: clerical men -- Part II: Theorizing sexual abuse -- The individual as the unit of analysis -- A social approach for understanding a social problem -- Power and gender -- Part III: The Irish case: its context and wider implications -- Sexuality and masculinity -- Organised irresponsibility (II): clerical elites, rules, obedience and loneliness -- The handling of abuse complaints -- Understanding and explaining child sexual abuse within the Catholic Church: Gender, power, organizational culture -- Conclusion: prospects, visions, agendas.

9780199895670

2011026902


Catholic Church--Clergy--Sexual behavior.
Catholic Church--Clergy--Sexual behavior--Case studies.
Catholic Church--Discipline.


Child sexual abuse by clergy
Child sexual abuse by clergy--Case studies.
Child sexual abuse--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

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