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Sex, Priests, and Power : Anatomy of a Crisis by A. W. Richard Sipe (1995, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRoutledge
ISBN-100876307691
ISBN-139780876307694
eBay Product ID (ePID)469525
Product Key Features
Number of Pages220 Pages
Publication NameSex, Priests, and Power : Anatomy of a Crisis
LanguageEnglish
SubjectChristian Life / Love & Marriage, Mental Health, Sexuality & Gender Studies, Clergy, Human Sexuality (See Also Social Science / Human Sexuality)
Publication Year1995
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaReligion, Psychology
AuthorA. W. Richard Sipe
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN94-045136
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal241.66
SynopsisFrom every corner of this country and from countires around the world, reports of sexual abuse, exploitation, and ongoing sexual misconduct by Catholic priests have appeared in every major newspaper, magazine, and TV and Radio talk show. What was first denied by church officials finally turned into a deluge of overwhelming evidence played out in legal settlements and courtrooms. Richard Sipe startled the world in 1990 with his controversial book, A Secret World: Sexuality and the Search for Celibacy , which presented evidence of sexual activity by almost 50% of the Roman Catholic priesthood. In this book, Richard Sipe examines the continuing sexual crisis facing the Catholicm Church today. Has the storm of publicity and controvery caused the church to acknowledge any of the accusations? Will the church accept statistical evidence or alter the way in which 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. The book substantiates its conclusions with many vivid and chilling stories of sexual abuse by clergy against children, women, and members of its own ranks... * Father James Porter victimized 200 children between 1960-1972 while an active parish priest. * A 52-year-old priest, under the guise of family friend and tutor, sexually abused two sisters for two years. They were ages six and eight at the start of the abuse. * A priest who teaches high school seeks out a sophomore student for a homosexual liaison. After two years he ends the relationship in favor of a new sophomore love interest. The priest has honed this continuing pattern of sexual exploitation to perfection. Not simply satisified with exposing the epic crisis, Richard Sipe analyzes the structure underlying the church's celibate/sexual system and poiints out unsolved problems with the current teachings. He calls for an honest, open discussion of sexuality and celibacy within the church and offers a refined description of the practice. Sex, Priests, and Power is an invitation to exorcise the demons that threaten to engulf a mighty institution. Richard Sipe argues convincingly for an honest examination of the power structure of the Catholic Church and a thorough search for the factors that diminish and distort religion.
LC Classification NumberBX1912.9.S575 1995
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- Sep 21, 2018
A plea for celibacy to be let go of, as requirement for priests......
Well-researched regarding celibacy by priests,or lack of, and overall it was disappointing to me. I really felt like I was going to "go crazy" reading one more line, and one more page, about how priests should not be "required" to be celibate. In spite of requirement, it seems that most are not celibate "all of the time", meaning they have girlfriends, and some have boyfriends, and some have one-night-stand kind of male relations. This book does NOT cover well, the problem of priests who sexually abuse minors. I saw the movie Spotlight, which was a very good/well-done movie, and the author of this book was mentioned in the movie as a source of information. I fail to see how much of a source , or rather a helpful source, he was. Celibacy has not been proven at all, to be the "cause" of priests abusing children and young people, sexually. Pedophilia and celibacy seem not to be related. This book is mostly a plea for priests to be relieved of the vow of celibacy, in spite of the info given that most priests do not, in fact, practice celibacy during the majority of their years as priests.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
