RT Book
T1 Predatory nuns: sexual abuse in North American Catholic sisterhoods
A1 Titley, E. Brian 1945-
LA English
PP Jefferson, North Carolina
PB Exposit
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1809998883
AB "Since the first scandals broke in the mid-1980s, the sexual misconducts of priests have cost the Catholic Church in America more than $4 billion in compensation settlements and incalculable damage to its reputation. Although their crimes have attracted far less attention, predatory nuns have also caused harm. The depredations of these nuns took place in convent novitiates, orphanages, boarding schools for Native Americans, and in Catholic schools, both elementary and secondary. Their victims, male and female, ranged in age from six-year-olds to young adults. This book focuses on the criminal behavior of North American nuns and the responses from church leadership. Mothers superior were outspoken in their refusal to accept responsibility for the crimes committed under their watch, and their inclination was to close ranks and protect the predators, endangering many children and young people in the process. The complainants, on the other hand, were considered nuisances to be pushed aside with the least amount of exposure and expense possible. Straightforward and informative, this text begins by exploring the nuns' vow of chastity and its relationship with human sexuality, followed by dozens of case studies detailing the sexual abuse that nuns committed in various settings"--
AB "Since the first scandals broke in the mid-1980s, the sexual misconducts of priests have cost the Catholic Church in America more than $4 billion in compensation settlements and incalculable damage to its reputation. Although their crimes have attracted far less attention, predatory nuns have also caused harm. The depredations of these nuns took place in convent novitiates, orphanages, boarding schools for Native Americans, and in Catholic schools, both elementary and secondary. Their victims, male and female, ranged in age from six-year-olds to young adults. This book focuses on the criminal behavior of North American nuns and the responses from church leadership. Mothers superior were outspoken in their refusal to accept responsibility for the crimes committed under their watch, and their inclination was to close ranks and protect the predators, endangering many children and young people in the process. The complainants, on the other hand, were considered nuisances to be pushed aside with the least amount of exposure and expense possible. Straightforward and informative, this text begins by exploring the nuns' vow of chastity and its relationship with human sexuality, followed by dozens of case studies detailing the sexual abuse that nuns committed in various settings"--
NO Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-155) and index
CN BX4205
SN 9781476689579
K1 Catholic Church : Clergy : Sexual behavior
K1 Sisterhoods : North America
K1 Nuns : Sexual behavior
K1 Nuns : North America
K1 Child sexual abuse by clergy
K1 Monasticism and religious orders for women : North America
K1 Child Sexual Abuse : Religious aspects : Catholic Church
K1 RELIGION / General
K1 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sexual Abuse & Harassment
K1 Katholische Kirche : Katholizismus : Nonne : Verbrechen : Sexueller Missbrauch : Sexualtäterin