This book is a direct, honest look at child abuse within the Roman Catholic Church. It also offers a vision of hope. Within the seeds of this tragedy, the author sees the possibility of a stronger, more open, anc accountable Church emerging.
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This review is from: A Tragic Grace: The Catholic Church and Child Sexual Abuse (From the Interfaith Sexual Trauma Institute) (Paperback)
Rossetti outlines the destructive impact of clergy abuse on the victim, the institutional church, and the parish community. As the Executive Vice-President and COO of St. Luke Institute, one of the main US Roman Catholic clergy psychiatric facilities, the author could have provided invaluable first-hand accounts of dealing with the church hierarchy's handling of clergy who abuse, including reassignment, failure to report the abuse to civil law enforcement authorities and failure to be forthright to parish communities who may have an abuser in their midst. Missing from the book is carefully developed insight concerning how organizations like St. Luke Institute treat clergy offenders and how impact of the abuse on victim(s) is incorporated in the treatment and how the victim/s and parish community is prepared for the clergy abuser's release from treatment. The author stands in a position of knowing directly how the archbishops and bishops respond to victims both in terms of compassion and justice and inclusion of information on those experiences would have been insightful. Additional insight into how offending clergy are monitored upon release from institutions like St. Luke Institute would have been a relevant chapter in the book.
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The first recognition of the prevalence of child sexual abuse in society and its damaging effects on the developing psyche were noted by Sigmund Freud in his paper "Aetiology of Hysteria" in 1896. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
deviant sexual experiences, psychosexual interview, clerical sexual misconduct, affected parishes, clergy sexual misconduct, parish leadership, psychosexual history, own parish priest, child sexual abuse, clergy involvement, sexually abusing children, misconduct cases Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Boston Globe, James Porter, Saint Luke Institute, Sigmund Freud, Cardinal Bernardin, National Conference of Catholic Bishops, Winter Commission, Bishop Flynn, Fall River, Mark Chopko, Restoring Trust, Archbishop Pilarczyk, Archdiocese of Chicago, Bishop Forristal, Diocese of Lafayette, Jason Berry, National Catholic Reporter, Twenty-Third Publications, Boston Herald, Catholic News Service, Council of Elvira, Pedophilia Statement, Ray Mouton New!
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The first recognition of the prevalence of child sexual abuse in society and its damaging effects on the developing psyche were noted by Sigmund Freud in his paper "Aetiology of Hysteria" in 1896. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
deviant sexual experiences, psychosexual interview, clerical sexual misconduct, affected parishes, clergy sexual misconduct, parish leadership, psychosexual history, own parish priest, child sexual abuse, clergy involvement, sexually abusing children, misconduct cases Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Boston Globe, James Porter, Saint Luke Institute, Sigmund Freud, Cardinal Bernardin, National Conference of Catholic Bishops, Winter Commission, Bishop Flynn, Fall River, Mark Chopko, Restoring Trust, Archbishop Pilarczyk, Archdiocese of Chicago, Bishop Forristal, Diocese of Lafayette, Jason Berry, National Catholic Reporter, Twenty-Third Publications, Boston Herald, Catholic News Service, Council of Elvira, Pedophilia Statement, Ray Mouton New!
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- Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning by James W. Fowler on page 48, page 97, and page 123
- Human Sexuality and its Problems, 2e by John Bancroft MD FRCP FRCPE FRCPsych on page 39, and page 83
- Child Sexual Abuse: New Theory and Research by David Finkelhor on page 5, and page 49
- Sex Offenders: Approaches to Understanding and Management by Adele Mayer on page 90
- Incest: A Psychological Study of Causes and Effects with Treatment Recommendations (Jossey Bass Social and Behavioral Science Series) by Karin C. Meiselman on page 3
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- Sex and Virtue: An Introduction to Sexual Ethics (Catholic Moral Thought) by John S. Grabowski on page 121, and Back Matter
- Unchanging Heart of the Priesthood by O.S.B. Father Thomas Acklin in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Changing Face of the Priesthood: A Reflection on the Priest's Crisis of Soul by Donald B. Cozzens on page 112
- Open Hearts: Renewing Relationships with Recovery, Romance & Reality by Ph.D. Patrick Carnes in Back Matter
- The Courage to Heal - Third Edition - Revised and Expanded: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass on page 561
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