Perversion of power
Subtitle: sexual abuse in the Catholic Church
By: Mary Gail Frawley-O'Dea.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Nashville [Tenn.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780826515469; 9780826515476
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Clergy -- Sexual behavior; Child sexual abuse by clergy
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.  267-304) and index.
Table of contents: title: From the Bayou to Boston: a developing pattern; title: Surviving soul murder; title: Suffering, submission, and sadomasochism; title: Embodied and gendered souls; title: Degraded sexual desire and theologized sex; title: Celibate sexuality and sexually active "celibates"; title: Homosexuality: secreted and scapegoated; title: Where were the pastors?; title: Clerical narcissism; title: Perpetrators, priests, people in the pews; title: The secret is revealed; title: Epilogue: February 2006: Is everything old new again?.