Clerical Sexual Abuse: How the Crisis Changed US Catholic Church-State Relations

by Jo Renee Formicola

Overview

The book discusses the changing relationship between American Catholic Bishops and civil authorities in the United States, as civil authority has eclipsed traditional Catholic ecclesiastical privilege and clerical exemption resulting from the hierarchical mismanagement and cover-up of clerical sexual abuse in the United States.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137384027
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	10/02/2014
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy
Edition description:	2014
Pages:	279
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Dr. Jo Renee Formicola is Professor of Political Science at Seton Hall University, USA. She is also the sole author of three other books on Catholic politics. She is the co-author of two books, the editor of several volumes, and has published extensively in journals on Church-State issues.

Table of Contents

1. Warnings and Denials: Gauthe 2. Revelations and Scandals: Geoghan and Shanley 3. Challenges and Complexity: Canon and Civil Law 4. Too Little, Too Late: The Hierarchy Responds 5. Pushback and Payback: The Laity and The Lawyers 6. From Crisis to Compassion? The Future