Sex, Priests and Power

Intended for all concerned with sexual counselling and with the pastoral care of the clergy, this work discusses child abuse by priests. It examines the background to understanding the situation, including patterns of adjustment to celibacy; power and the system; priests and women; and AIDS.

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Based on social research and the author's expert knowledge, this work starts with the problem of child abuse by priests and examines the background to understanding the situation: patterns of adjustment to celibacy; power and the system; priests and women; AIDS; priests who suffer; priests who succeed; and the Christian experience. This work is intended for all concerned with sexual counselling and with pastoral care of the clergy. Richard Sipe is a Baltimore psychiatrist and former Benedictine priest. He is married and works as a family therapist. In researching this book he talked with over 1000 priests and 500 lay people.