Clergy Sex Abuse Crisis and the Legal Responses

by Margaret S.P. Chalmers and James T. O'Reilly

The sexual abuse of children and teens by rogue priests in the U.S. Catholic Church is a heinous crime, and those who pray for a religious community as its ministers, priests and rabbis should never tolerate those who prey on that community. The legal disputes of recent years have produced many scandalous headlines and fuelled public discussion about the sexual abuse crisis within the clergy, a crisis that has cost the U.S. Catholic Church over $3...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199937931
• ISBN13: 9780199937936
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: OUP Us
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.4"