- Paperback: 228 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press; New edition edition (8 Aug 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0195145976
- ISBN-13: 978-0195145977
- Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 16.1 x 1.7 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 685,133 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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For those who have been offended by the media coverage of the epidemic of sexual abuse by Catholic priests, here at last is somewhere to turn for the facts. National Review A fine cautionary tale that should give all parties to the pedophile-priest crisis something to think about. New York Times Book Review
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"A fine cautionary tale that should give all parties to the pedophile-priest crisis something to think about."
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In 1985, Filbert Gauthe, a Roman Catholic priest from rural Louisiana, was tried on multiple counts of child molestation. Read the first page
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In 1985, Filbert Gauthe, a Roman Catholic priest from rural Louisiana, was tried on multiple counts of child molestation. Read the first page
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28 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Solid Social Science
15 Sep 2002
Format:Paperback
Professor Jenkins contributes immeasurably to the current discussion of clergy sexual abuse by doing what every social scientist should. Jenkins steadfastly refuses to add to the volume of this shrill and partisan debate by offering conjectures or personal opinions. Instead, he calmly presents the data in a detached manner, and then draws his conclusions based solely on the data.
Anyone with an interest in the current crisis would benefit from reading Professor Jenkins' sane, calm, and lucid analysis.
41 of 48 people found the following review helpful
Objective, balanced and fascinating
25 Jun 2002
Format:Paperback
Philip Jenkins has written a first-rate book, not just about the "moral panic" over "pedophile priests", but about our tendency as a society to seek simplistic answers for complex social problems. Jenkins argues persuasively, on the basis of extensive evidence, that the portrayal of the Catholic Church as a haven for pedophiles is just the latest version of the anti-Catholic stereotype which dates back at least as far as the Reformation. The scapegoating of the Catholic Church is also facilitated, as Jenkins points out, by the bureaucratic tradition of the Curia: keeping centralized records of abuse allegations makes a Catholic diocese an easy target for litigation, in a way which a dispersed Protestant denomination can never be.
Highly recommended. Very clear, accessible, and thoroughly researched.
46 of 55 people found the following review helpful
Informative, objective, logical, well-written, a must have.
6 Aug 1998
Format:Hardcover
Priests and pedophilia is a subject not easily discussed without arousing deep emotional reactions. Phillip Jenkins, however, has taken an objective scholastic approach that backs each assertion with stong quotations and clear logical arguements. He shows how a national history of anti-catholicism, a sensationalistic-hungry mass media, a changing legal environnment, new definitions of 'sex-abuse', and a factional struggle for change within the Roman Church, all set the stage for what inevitably became the 'clergy-abuse crisis'. He offers much new insight and a good bibliography. I think at times however, he overestimates the power of the laity, and democracy; and underscores the 'Divine' origin and mission of the Roman Church. The book also lacked what I had hoped for by way of statistics. I would still recommend this book for anyone interested in catholic apologetics, or anyone just looking for a more scholarly diagnosis of the 'pedophile/priest crisis'.
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