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Clergy Sexual Abuse: Annotated Bibliography of Conceptual and Practical Resources Clergy Sexual Abuse: Annotated Bibliography of Conceptual and Practical Resources. Preface The phenomenon of sexual abuse as committed by persons in fiduciary relationships is widespread among helping professions and is international in scope. This bibliography is oriented to several specific contexts in which that phenomenon occurs. The first context is the religious community, specifically Christian churches, and particularly in the U.S. This is the context of occurrence that I best know and understand. The second context for the phenomenon is the professional role of clergy, a religious vocation and culture of which I am a part. While the preponderance of sources cited in this bibliography reflect those two settings, the intent is to be as comprehensive as possible about sexual boundary violations within the religious community. Many of the books included in this bibliography were obtained through interlibrary loan services that are available at both U.S. public and academic libraries. Many of the articles that are listed were obtained through academic libraries. Daily newspaper media sources are generally excluded from this bibliography for practical reasons due to the large quantity, lack of access, and concerns about accuracy and completeness. In most instances, author descriptions and affiliations refer to status at time of publication. In the absence of a subject or name index for this bibliography, the Internet user may trace key words in this PDF format through the standard find or search feature that is available as a pull-down menu option on the user’s computer. The availability of this document on the Internet is provided by AdvocateWeb, a nonprofit corporation that serves an international community and performs an exceptional service for those who care about this topic. This bibliography is a work in progress, and is updated every six months. This ongoing project recognizes that the changing literature and resources on this topic reflects a continuining process of development. Readers’ suggestions new entries are encouraged; readers’ identification of items in need of correction are welcomed. A bibliography provides a place from which exploration starts. Hopefully, this one also serves as a catalyst to action and new knowledge. James S. Evinger Rochester, NY July 10, 2002, 5th revision. Contents I. Articles, Chapters, Books, Papers, and Internet Literature II. Novels, Plays, and Poetry III. Journals IV. Theses and Dissertations V. Videotapes, DVDs, and Audiotapes VI. Training VII. Organizations VIII. Internet Sites IX. Survivors Retreats X. Databases: Digital and Non-Digital XI. Assessment and Treatment Programs for Clergy Offenders XII. Books That Can Not Be Located in U.S. Libraries through Interlibrary Loan - 1 - I. Articles, Chapters, Books, Papers, and Internet Literature Ad Hoc Committee on Child Sexual Abuse. (1992). From Pain to Hope: Report from the CCB Ad Hoc Committee on Child Sexual Abuse. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Publication Service, Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, 90 Parent Avue., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KIN 7B1. 91 pp. By a seven-person committee that worked from 1990-1992 to propose ways for the Canadian Roman Catholic Church to: respond to victims, families, and parishes affected by child sexual abuse; respond to priest offenders; prevent recurrences. Core of the document are 50 recommendations topically addressed to: Canadian Catholics, Canadian Catholic Bishops, those responsible for priestly formation, those responsible for priests in a diocese, and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. Brief appendices address: diocesan protocol; canonical preliminary inquiry; administrative procedures and the canonical criminal trial; formation of candidates for the priesthood; privilege and confidentiality; media relations; spiritual and religious issues related to child sexual abuse by a priest or religious; services by sexual behavior clinics. The report was released on 06/11/92. Adam, Enid. (1998). Echoes of Nalinika: A monk in the dock. Journal of Buddhist Ethics, (5):261-276. [Internet: Journal of Buddhist Ethics website. http://jbe.la.psu.edu/5/Adam981] Adam is with the department of religion and philosophy, Edith Cowan University, Australia. From a first-person point of view as a consultant for the government prosecutor. Reports on the trial in 1997 of Pannasara Kahatapitiye, a Buddhist monk from Sri Lanka who was practicing the Sinhalese tradition at a monastery in Perth, Western Australia. He was charged with five counts of sexual penetration without consent and six counts of indecent assault. His accusers were two women who came to him for astrological chart readings, and then returned for his counseling and assistance related to problems he had identified in the readings, including health and relationship concerns. Both had trusted his role as a monk and his respected reputation in the community, and thus were more susceptible to his sexual behaviors that, while contrary to the Buddhist monastic vows, he rationalized by reassuring references to his monk’s role. The defense tried to discredit the two as part of a political plot by Sri Lankan enemies to have him discredited and returned to his homeland so he could be harmed. He was convicted by a jury on all 11 counts, sentenced to four years in prison and to deportation upon completion of jail time. References. Adler, Rachel. (1993). A stumbling block before the blind: Sexual exploitation in pastoral counseling. CCAR Journal: A Reform Jewish Quarterly, 40(2, Spring):13-43. See also Response by Salkin, Jeffrey K., pp. 43-49, and by Spitzer, Julie R., pp. 49-54. By a theologian and ethicist who served on the Minnesota Task Force on Sexual Exploitation by Counselors and Therapist. Comprehensive overview of clergy sexual malfeasance from a Jewish perspective. Focuses on sexual exploitation by rabbis in relation to counselees. Presents: definitions; exploitation and gender power imbalance; the nature of pastoral counseling, including rabbinical transference and countertransference; effects of exploitation upon counselees and damage to congregations; profiles of perpetrators, victims, and congregations. Recommends preventive measures and responses to offenses and offenders. Footnotes. Aitken, Robert. (1996). “Brahmadana, Intervention, and Related Considerations: A Think Piece.” Essay in Original Dwelling Place: Zen Buddhist Essays. Washington, D.C: Counterpoint:160-170. By a senior Zen roshi in the U.S. who since 1959 has practiced and taught at the Diamond Sangha in Hawai‘i which he and his wife established. An essay written in 1995. Explores the phenomenon of the Buddhist teacher who sexually exploits his students as a violation of the third of the Pañcha Shila, the Five Precepts that Buddhists vow to follow: “I take up the way of not misusing sex.” The Buddhist teacher who is a sexual abuser: 1.) displays attachment; 2.) conceals Dharma from the student; 3.) manipulates transference to create an ultimate kind of loyalty. He recognizes the inherent vulnerability of a student: “To be vulnerable, to be naïve -- that is the Tao.” Identifies as factors: meaningful consent by a student vs. dynamics of transference to the teacher; power differential between men and women historically and culturally; the difference between “a one-time incident, ...a love affair between the Buddhist teacher and student” and “willful actions that stand in for love but that are actually ruthlessly - 2 - exploitative.” As interventions, explores: 1.) the possibility of brahmadanda, i.e. shunning, by the abuser’s colleagues; 2.) an intervention analogous to that in the case of a substance abuser; 3.) informing those in a position of authority, e.g. senior members of the sangha or the sangha’s board. The goal of an intervention is “to encourage the liberation of the teacher, as well as those for whom he has caused trouble.” In a case where an “appeal to compassion and ordinary decency” fail, he allows for a lawsuit and the setting aside of the “traditional Buddhist distrust of the adversarial approach to the conflict.” Calls for the sangha to support financially the therapeutic treatment of the victim. Calls for regular sharing meetings in a sangha to create a safe setting in which betrayal can be disclosed by a student. His analysis of Zen history points to multiple factors related to the occurrence of sexual abuse by teachers: women historically were shut out of positions of power; there is a failure to address the power of sexuality, and where it is addresses, it is trivialized or exploitation is minimized. Footnotes. Alcorn, Randy C. (1988). Strategies to keep from falling. Leadership, 9(1, Winter):42-47. Alcorn is pastor of small group ministries, Good Shepherd Community Church, Gresham, Oregon. Describes his practical steps to keep from committing “sexual immorality” [sic]: monitoring his spirituality; guarding his marriage; precautions; dealing with signs of sexual attraction; dealing with thoughts; accountability; anticipating consequences. Lacks references. Aldridge, A. Owen. (1995). Verse condoning of clerical concupiscence. [Memoranda and Documents.] The New England Quarterly, 68(3, Sep.):451-457. Aldridge is professor emeritus, University of Illinois. Description and commentary on A Poem in Two Letters, originally published in a 12-page pamphlet in 1795, Worcester, Massachusetts. The pamphlet consists of two poems, 98 lines in the first and 246 in the second. In the first, a physician accuses a minister of taking sexual advantage of a young woman.
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