Holding Bishops Accountable
Subtitle: How Lawsuits Helped the Catholic Church Confront Clergy Sexual Abuse
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: May 21, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780674028104
Subjects: Jurisprudence & General Issues; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice; Christianity - Catholic; Government - National; Political Science / Government / National; Child sexual abuse by clergy; Liability for child sexual abuse; Trials (Child sexual abuse); United States
Description: "Stories of the tort system as an engine of social justice are rare. Holding Bishops Accountable tells one such story by revealing how pleadings, discovery documents, and depositions fueled media coverage of the scandal. Timothy Lytton shows how the litigation strategy of plaintiffs' lawyers gave rise to a widespread belief that the real problem was not the actions of individual priests but rather the church's massive institutional failure. The book documents how church and government policymakers responded to the problem of clergy sexual abuse only under the pressure of private lawsuits."--BOOK JACKET.