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Author Frawley-O'Dea, Mary Gail, 1950-

Title Perversion of power : sexual abuse in the Catholic Church / Mary Gail Frawley-O'Dea.

Publication Info. Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2007.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  BX1912.9 .F74 2007    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description xv, 320 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-304) and index.
Contents From the Bayou to Boston: a developing pattern -- Surviving soul murder -- Suffering, submission, and sadomasochism -- Embodied and gendered souls -- Degraded sexual desire and theologized sex -- Celibate sexuality and sexually active "celibates" -- Homosexuality: secreted and scapegoated -- Where were the pastors? -- Clerical narcissism -- Perpetrators, priests, people in the pews -- The secret is revealed -- Epilogue: Is everything old new again?.
Subject Child sexual abuse by clergy.
Child sexual abuse by clergy.
Catholic Church -- Clergy -- Sexual behavior.
Catholic Church.
Clergy.
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