Sex, Priests, and Power: Anatomy of a CrisisPsychology Press, 1995 - 220 pages Richard Sipe examines the continuing sexual crisis facing the Catholic Church today. Has the storm of publicity and controversy caused the church to acknowledge any of the accusations? Will the church accept statistical evidence or alter the way it trains its clergy? How has it come to grips with reforming or retraining abusers? Has it acknowledged the spread of AIDS among its ranks? Why does the church oppress women and react with hostility and fear towards them? Sex, Priests, and Power: Anatomy of a Crisis addresses these and other questions. |
Contents
PRIESTS AND CHILDREN | 3 |
CRIME SIN AND SICKNESS | 24 |
THE SEXUAL | 44 |
Need for Discourse Intuitive Perception | 57 |
PATTERNS OF CELIBATE | 63 |
Heterosexual Relationships and Behavior | 69 |
Sexual Abuse of Minors The Validity | 75 |
FUNCTION DYSFUNCTION | 83 |
Myths About Priests and Women Code | 129 |
Homosexualities and the Clergy Psychological | 135 |
Male Matrix The System of Secrecy | 142 |
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome AIDS | 155 |
THE STRUCTURE BENEATH THE CRISIS | 161 |
PRIESTS WHO SUFFER | 181 |
THE CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE | 187 |
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