num_pages: 336
description: Drawing on 20 years of clinical experience, the author presents the dynamics of sexual abuse both from the victim's point of view and from the priest's; probes why the Church hierarchy, fellow priests, and lay people were silent for so long; and what drew this scandal into the public arena.
language: English
title: Perversion of Power: Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church
titlecomplete: Perversion of Power: Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church
genres: Nonfiction
ratings_count: 8
publisher: Vanderbilt University Press