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Clergy Sexual Abuse CLERGY SEXUAL ABUSE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SELECTED SOURCES RELATED TO CLERGY SEXUAL ABUSE, ECCLESIASTICAL POLITICS, THEOLOGY AND CHURCH HISTORY Thomas Patrick Doyle Revised April 29, 2020 1 PREFACE This bibliography started off as a 5-page table of references for a report I was asked to prepare for an attorney. The subject of the report was general prior knowledge of bishops and popes of sexual abuse of children minors by Catholic clergy. Shortly after this report had been circulated among some attorneys I was asked to prepare variations on it. This entailed expanding the table of resources. My original motivation for the bibliography was for strictly private use: I had been collecting articles, scholarly and otherwise, since the emergence of the sexual abuse issue in 1984. I also began buying books about clergy sexual abuse once they started coming out. The very first book that I discovered was Clergy Malpractice, written by the late Robert McMenamin and published in 1988. Robert had been a Church attorney who switched and began representing victims. The bibliography began to grow as I purchased every book I could find related to clergy sexual abuse. I added every scholarly article I could find as well. At some point I decided to add new sections for works published in areas that were either directly or indirectly related to the issue. As I added more books I decided to divide the bibliography into sections. I do not recall exactly when I started developing a mailing list but I believe it was sometime in 2005. By then Dick Sipe, Pat Wall and I were putting the finishing touches on Sex, Priests and Secret Codes which also began as an expanded report on prior notice that reached back to the fourth century. The book was published in 2006 and is still moving in hard copy and in electronic version as well. I continue to expand the bibliography with the results of my own research but I also gratefully depend on the generous help of many others who send me suggestions for new entries, books and articles alike. I publish the bibliography on an occasional basis depending on whether or not I have new entries and also depending on my own workload. I have an email list to which I add anyone who is interested. The bibliography is also published on Richard Sipe’s web page, www.richardsipe.com and on Bishop-Accountanbilty.org. This endeavor has two purposes: the first is personal because it is a way for me to keep track of my own library, something I decided I needed after I started buying duplicates of books I already had. The second, and more important purpose is to provide, hopefully, a source of assistance to anyone looking for information about any of the several sections, or anything else for that matter. The next publication will contain a section that is not necessarily related to sexual abuse. I have always had an interest in and actually a love for medieval law. So I decided to start cataloging my articles and books on medieval law. Something there might be of interest to someone who reads the bibliography. My other passion is aviation but I doubt very much if I will add those resources to the bibliography. I do not have copies of every article cited, but I do have electronic versions of probably 95 percent of those listed and I am most happy to provide them to anyone who asks. Finally, my deep gratitude for all who have encouraged me and who have contributed to the bibliography. Tom [email protected] 2 CONTENTS PREFACE 2 SEXUAL ABUSE BY CLERGY: BOOKS 5 SEXUAL ABUSE BY CLERGY: ARTICLES 18 HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS 28 CLERICAL CONCUBINAGE 29 SEXUAL ABUSE: OTHERS 32 DEFENSE OF THE CHURCH & PEDOPHILES 34 TOXIC RELIGION AND NON-BELIEF 36 CLERICALISM AND ANTICLERICALISM 40 THEOLOGICAL: BOOKS 43 THEOLOGICAL: ARTICLES 54 SOCIOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION 57 CANON LAW: BOOKS & ARTICLES 61 CANON LAW AND PROPERTY OWNERSHIP 69 BANKRUPTCY 71 CIVIL LAW: BOOKS & ARTICLES 72 CIVIL LAW: ARTICLES 73 HISTORY: BOOKS 82 HISTORY: ARTICLES 93 PSYCHOLOGY AND TRAUMA: BOOKS 97 PSYCHOLOGY AND TRAUMA: ARTICLES 102 3 PERPETRATORS: PSCHOLOGICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES 110 ANABAPTIST AND MENNONITE RESOURCES 114 OFFICIAL CHURCH DOCUMENTS 120 CANONICAL PROCESSES – DOCUMENTS 122 REPORTS FROM INVESTIGATIONS 124 DISSERTATIONS 131 DOCUMENTARIES AND MOVIES 135 4 SEXUAL ABUSE BY CLERGY: BOOKS Abbate, Carmelo. SEX AND THE VATICAN: VIAGGIO SEGRETO NEL REGNO DEI CASTI. Rome. Piemme. 2011. Alexander, Gregory. THE HOLY MARK. Mill City Press. 2014. Anderson, Jane. PRIESTS IN LOVE: ROMAN CATHOLIC CLERGY AND THEIR INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS. New York. Continuum. 2006. Annett, Kevin. UNREPENANT: DISROBING THE EMPEROR. O Books. 2011. Bascio, Patrick. PEDOPHILIA: CANCER WITHIN. Boston. Brandon Books. 2010. Bailey, Charles L. IN THE SHADOW OF THE CROSS. New York. Universe. 2006. Baker, Robert. CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AND FALSE MEMORY SYNDROME. Amherst, NY. Prometheus Books. 1998. Bausch, William. BREAKING TRUST. A PRIEST LOOKS AT THE SCANDAL OF SEXUAL ABUSE. Mystick CT. Twenty Third Publications. 2002. Benigno, Lilla. BEAUTY BEYOND DARKNESS. Australia. Digital Print. 2017. Bennett, Rod. BAD SHEPHERDS. Sophia Institute Press. 2018. Benyei, Candace Reed. UNDERSTANDING CLERGY MISCONDUCT IN RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS: SCAPEGOATING, FAMILY SECRETS, AND THE ABUSE OF POWER. New York. Haworth Pastoral Press. 1998. Berry, Jason. LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION. New York. Doubleday, 1992. Berry, Jason and Renner, Gerald. VOWS OF SILENCE. New York. Free Press. 2004. Bianchi, Eugene. THE CHILDREN’S CRUSADE. Thiensville, WI. Caritas Communications. 2008. Blackman, Jerome, Dring, Kathleen, Editors. SEXUAL AGGRESSION AGAINST CHILDREN. Routledge. 2016. Bond, Patricia, with Linkemer, Bobbi. IMBALANCE OF POWER: EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN BY CATHOLIC PRIESTS. Linkup Publishing. 2013. Bordisso, Lou. SEX, CELIBACY AND THE PRIESTHOOD. Bloomington IN. iUniverse. 20011. Boston Globe. Investigative Staff. BETRAYAL: THE CRISIS IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. Boston, New York, London. letonle Brown and Company. 2002. 5 Boyne, John. A HISTORY OF LONELINESS. New York. Farrar, Strauss, Giroux. 2015. Bramhan, Daphne. THE SECRET LIVES OF SAINTS: CHILD BRIDES AND LOST BOYS IN CANADA’S POYGAMOUS MORMON SECT. Canada. Random House. 2008. Breslin, Jimmy. THE CHURCH THAT FORGOT CHRIST. New York. The Free Press. 2004. Brown, Christa. THIS LITTLE LIGHT: BEYOND A BAPTIST PREACHER, PREDATOR AND HIS GANG. Cedarburg WI. Foremost Press. 2009. Brown, Joanne Carlson and Bohn, Carole. CHRISTIANITY, PATRIARCHY AND ABUSE. Pilgrim Press.1989. Buchanan, Denise. SINS OF THE FATHERS. Raleigh NC, Lulu Press. 2013. Burkett, Elinor and Bruni, Frank. A GOSPEL OF SHAME. New York. Viking Press, 1994. Cafardi, Nicholas. BEFORE DALLAS: THE U.S. BISHOPS’ RESPONSE TO THE SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN. New Jersey. Paulist Press. 2008. Capps, Donald. THE CHILD'S SONG: THE RELIGIOUS ABUSE OF CHILDREN. Westminster. John Knox. 1995. Casteix, Joelle. THE COMPASSIONATE RESPONSE. Create Space Independent Publishing Platform. 2015. Chinnici, Joseph P. WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE: THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, SEXUAL ABUSE AND THE CHALLENGES OF LEADERSHIP. New York. Orbis Books. 2010. Chirban, John T. Ed. CLERGY SEXUAL MISCONDUCT: ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVES. Brookline MA. Hellenic College Press. 1994. Coldrey, Barry. RELIGIOUS LIFE WITHOUT INTEGRITY. Melbourne. Tamanarak Press, 2000. Coldrey, Barry. THE SCHEME: THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS AND CHILDCARE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Melbourne. Argyle-Pacific. 1994. Coldrey, Barry. A CHRISTIAN APOCALYPSE: THE SEXUAL ABUSE CRISIS IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, 1984-2004. Melbourne, Australia. Tamanarak Press, 2004. Conway, Eamonn, Duffy, Eugene, Shields, Attracta. THE CHURCH AND CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE: TOWARDS A PASTORAL RESPONSE. Dublin. The Columba Press. 1999. Cornwell, John. SEMINARY BOY. New York. Doubleday. 2006. Cozzens, Donald. THE CHANGING FACE OF THE PRIESTHOOD. Collegeville. Liturgical Press, 2000. 6 Cozzens, Donald. SACRED SILENCE: DENIAL AND CRISIS IN THE CHURCH. Collegeville MN. Liturgical Press. 2002. Cozzens, Donald. FAITH THAT DARES TO SPEAK. Collegeville. Liturgical Press. 2004. Cozzens, Donald. MASTER OF CEREMONIES. In Extenso Press. 2014. Crewdson, John. BY SILENCE BETRAYED: SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN IN AMERICA. Boston. Little, Brown and Company. 1988. Cronin, Tom. AND I THOUGHT I COULD FLY. Leicester, U.K. Troubador. 2010. Daly, Peter and Myslinski, John. STRANGE GODS: A NOVEL ABOUT FAITH, MURDER, SIN AND REDEMPTION. River Grove Books. 2016. Davis, Lisa. THE SINS OF BROTHER CURTIS. A STORY OF BETRAYAL, CONVICTION AND THE MORMON CHURCH. New York. Scribner. 2011. Davis, Joseph. ACCOUNTS OF INNOCENCE. Chicago. University of Chicago Press. 2005. Boisvert, D. and Gross, R. Editors. GAY CATHOLIC PRIESTS AND CLERICAL SEXUAL MISCONDUCT: BREAKING THE SILENCE. New York. Harrington Park. 2005. DeVille, Adam. EVERYTHING HIDDEN SHALL BE REVEALED: RIDDING THE CHURCH OF ABUSES OF SEX AND POWER. Angelico Press. 2019. Deville, Rik. L’OEUVRE, UNE SECTE CATHOLIQUE. Bruxelles. Editions Golias. 1996. Deville, Rik. LA DERNIERE DICTATUR. Bruxelles. Editions Code. 1993. Deville, Rik. LA MALADIE CATHOLIQUE. Bruxelles. Editions Golias. 1996. D’Antonio, Michael. MORTAL SINS: SEX, CRIME AND THE ERA OF CATHOLIC SCANDAL. New York. St. Martin’s Press. 2013. Dispenza, Mary. SPLIT. Bellevue WA. Moonday Press. 2014. Dohmen, Joep. VROME ZONDAARS: MISBRUIK IN DE ROOMS-KATHOLIEKE KERK. Belgium. NRC Boeken. 2010. Dokecki, Paul. THE CLERGY SEXUAL ABUSE CRISIS: REFORM AND RENEWAL IN THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY. Washington DC. Georgetown University Press. 2004. Doyle, Paddy. THE GOD SQUAD. Berkshire, G.B. Corgi Press. 1988. Egan, Kevin. REMAINING A CATHOLIC AFTER THE MURPHY REPORT. Columba Press. 2012. Emerton, Michael and Emerton, Patrick. LIKE 17:2: A MEMOIR OF ABUSE, RECOVERY AND TRIUMPH. Portsmouth NH. Stone Cellar Publishing. 2012. 7 Erlandson, Gregory and Bunson, Matthew. POPE BENEDICT XVI AND THE SEXUAL ABUSE CRISIS. Huntington, IN. Our Sunday Visitor Press. 2010. Eslava, Galan Juan. EL SEXO DE NUESTROS PADRES. Barcelona. Planeta. 1993. Estrada, Hank. UNHOLY COMMUNION. New Mexico. New Rabbit Press. 2011. Fairbanks, Catherine Britton. HIDING BEHIND THE COLLAR. Frederick MD. Publish America. 2002. Feierman, Jay, MD. PEDOPHILIA: BIOSOCIAL DIMENSIONS. New York. Springer-Verlag. 1990.
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