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Allison Niebauer's 'The Diocese’s Darkest Chapter' explores the cultural trauma resulting from the Catholic Church abuse crisis in America. Through empirical research, including archives, media, and interviews, the book examines how narratives and rhetoric shape societal understanding of this crisis. Niebauer highlights the role of common topoi—shared cultural references—and rhetorical strategies used by stakeholders to address accusations and defenses within the Church. The work contributes to cultural sociology by integrating rhetorical studies and cultural trauma theories, providing insights into the social construction of trauma. Intended for scholars of sociology, cultural studies, and religious studies, the book emphasizes the ongoing impact of the crisis on society and institutions.

Child sexual abuse by clergy. --- Sexual misconduct by clergy. --- Child sexual abuse by clergy --- Sexual misconduct by clergy

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"Does the current celibate, semi-monastic, and all-male seminary formation contribute to the persistence of clerical sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church? Applying sociological theories on socialization, total institutions, and social resistance as the primary conceptual framework, and drawing on secondary literature, media reports, the author's experience, interviews, and Church documents, this book argues that the Catholic Church's institution of the celibate seminary formation as the only mode of clerical training for Catholic priests has resulted in negative unintended consequences to human formation such as the suspension of normal human socialization in society, psychosexual immaturity, and weak social control against clerical sexual abuse. The author thus contends that celibate training, while suitable for those who do live in religious or monastic communities, is inappropriate for those who are obliged to live alone and work in parishes. As such, an alternative model for diocesan clerical formation is advanced. A fresh look at the aptness - and effects - of celibate formation for diocesan clergy, this volume is the first to relate the persistence of Catholic clerical sexual abuse to celibate seminary formation, exploring the structural links between the two using sociological arguments and proposing an apprenticeship-based model of formation, which has numerous advantages as a form of clerical training. It will therefore appeal to scholars and students of religion, sociology and theology, as well as those involved with seminary formation"--

Celibacy --- Clergy --- Sexual misconduct by clergy. --- Catholic Church. --- Appointment, call, and election. --- Catholic Church --- Training of.

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Der Umgang mit sexualisierter Gewalt in kirchlichen Kontexten ist unzureichend. Zwar wurden Maßnahmen zur Intervention und Prävention unternommen, spezifische kirchliche und theologische Ermöglichungsbedingungen sind aber noch zu wenig beachtet worden. Bisher fehlen interdisziplinäre und interkonfessionelle Studien zum Problem des Vorfeldes sexualisierter Gewalt in kirchlichen Kontexten. Dabei geht es um Theologien und Strukturen, die in ihrer Ambivalenz einen Bezug zur sexualisierten Gewalt aufweisen und Reaktionspflichten hemmen.Diese Blickbegrenzung soll im Gespräch zwischen verschiedenen theologischen Fächern (Bibelwissenschaften, Ethik, Pastoral- und Religionspsychologie) und anderen relevanten Disziplinen (Geschichtswissenschaften, Psychologie, Kriminologie) überwunden werden, um ein kritisches Denken und Handeln in Theologie und Kirche im Bewusstsein der Persistenz spezifischer Formen sexualisierter Gewalt und etablierter Reaktionsformen zu entwickeln.Gemeinsames Ergebnis der einzelnen Studien dieses Bandes ist, dass die Berücksichtigung der Erfahrung sexualisierter Gewalt im Kontext kirchlicher Institutionen die Akzeptanz zugrundeliegender theologischer und seelsorglicher Annahmen ändert. Religious settings have specifically proven to be potential places of sexual violence in the absence of adequate protection of bodily and psychological integrity. In an interdisciplinary and interdenominational conversation, basic religious factors are analyzed that cause specific patterns of abuse and lead to the failure of duties of protection.

Sexual misconduct by clergy. --- Sexual violence and churches. --- prevention. --- sexual violence and pastoral ministry. --- sexual violence and theology.

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"Clerical sexual abuse is as global as the Roman Catholic Church, with bishops moving credibly accused priests not simply between parishes but also across international borders. Unforgivable follows the movement of one such perpetrator from the Great Plains of central Minnesota to the Indigenous highlands of Guatemala, where this priest had access to children and even raised one as his own. While Father David Roney provides the backbone of the story in Unforgivable, author Kevin Lewis O'Neill offers ample evidence that offshoring priests is a common practice. These maneuvers and the callous indifference of the Church once caught red-handed reveal the limits of justice. They also lay bare the disturbing fact that the scale of clerical sexual abuse is far bigger than anyone has yet considered. Rigorously researched and viscerally important, this book raises urgent questions about holding the Catholic Church accountable"--

Sex offenders --- Sexual misconduct by clergy --- Child sexual abuse by clergy --- Roney, David, --- Catholic Church --- Catholic Church --- Clergy --- Sexual behavior. --- Moral and ethical aspects.