Sexual Abuse and the Culture of Catholicism: How Priests and Nuns Become Perpetrators

Sexual Abuse and the Culture of Catholicism: How Priests and Nuns Become Perpetrators
ISBN-10
0789029553
ISBN-13
9780789029553
Category
Social Science
Pages
162
Language
English
Published
2007
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Myra L. Hidalgo

Description

Sexual Abuse and the Culture of Catholicism digs beneath the public scandals to explore the underlying causes of sexual abuse by priests and nuns from the unique perspective of an abuse victim/survivor who is an experienced mental health practitioner and social science researcher. This powerful book includes the author's personal account of sexual abuse by a nun and her years of struggle to recover. Passionate but scholarly and objective, the book advocates the need for healing dialogue, empirical research, and informed prevention strategies to bring a meaningful resolution to the crisis of sexual abuse in the church.

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