Perversion of power :
Frawley-O'Dea, Mary Gail, 1950-
Perversion of power : sexual abuse in the Catholic Church / Mary Gail Frawley-O'Dea. - 1st ed. - Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2007. - xv, 320 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-304) and index.
From the Bayou to Boston: a developing pattern -- Surviving soul murder -- Suffering, submission, and sadomasochism -- Embodied and gendered souls -- Degraded sexual desire and theologized sex -- Celibate sexuality and sexually active "celibates" -- Homosexuality: secreted and scapegoated -- Where were the pastors? -- Clerical narcissism -- Perpetrators, priests, people in the pews -- The secret is revealed -- Epilogue: Is everything old new again?.
9780826515469 (cloth : alk. paper) 0826515460 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780826515476 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0826515479 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2006029442
Catholic Church--Clergy--Sexual behavior.
Child sexual abuse by clergy.
BX1912.9 / .F74 2007
261.8/3272088282
Perversion of power : sexual abuse in the Catholic Church / Mary Gail Frawley-O'Dea. - 1st ed. - Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2007. - xv, 320 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-304) and index.
From the Bayou to Boston: a developing pattern -- Surviving soul murder -- Suffering, submission, and sadomasochism -- Embodied and gendered souls -- Degraded sexual desire and theologized sex -- Celibate sexuality and sexually active "celibates" -- Homosexuality: secreted and scapegoated -- Where were the pastors? -- Clerical narcissism -- Perpetrators, priests, people in the pews -- The secret is revealed -- Epilogue: Is everything old new again?.
9780826515469 (cloth : alk. paper) 0826515460 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780826515476 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0826515479 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2006029442
Catholic Church--Clergy--Sexual behavior.
Child sexual abuse by clergy.
BX1912.9 / .F74 2007
261.8/3272088282