The Clergy Sex Abuse Crisis and the Legal Responses
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Oct 07, 2014
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 472
ISBN-13: 9780199937936
Description: Legal disputes over worldwide, including the U.S., sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests, and over efforts by Roman Catholic bishops to conceal clerical misconduct, have produced many headlines and public discussion. However, the precise legal issues involved remain a mystery to most observers. In this study, James O'Reilly and Margaret Chalmers examine the role of canon law in these cases and the interplay between the global church-based law and the laws of individual jurisdictions where criminal actions and lawsuits are brought.