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Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church

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Keenan, Marie 
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http://hdl.handle.net/10197/7778
Date Issued
November 2014
Date Available
22T12:27:02Z July 2016
Abstract
The clergy abuse situation in Ireland is often seen as unique, in part because of the close relationship between the Irish Church and the new Irish state founded in 1922. It is also thought to be unique since the Irish surnames of the Irish diaspora, some of whom are priests and bishops in the United States, Canada and Australia, have been listed in abuse cases in those countries. This has raised questions about the oppressive power of the Catholic Church in Ireland and its influence on the Irish political process. Questions have been raised about the Irish ‘culture of deference’ and how this related to the abuse situation. Some wonder if the Church and state worked separately and together in covering up the sexual abuse of Irish children. Some also wonder if ‘Irish’ Catholicism has peculiar features, which when exported throughout the world, contributed to the abuse of children by Catholic clergy. As a mono-cultural society, rendering Ireland ‘the most Catholic country in the world’ , the Catholic Church, once considered the ultimate arbiter of morality has found itself on the margins of influence in Irish public life
Type of Material
Book Chapter
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Keywords
  • Catholic Church

  • Vatican

  • Ireland

  • Sexual abuse

  • Clerical abuse

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http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9780719095832/
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
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Inglis, T. (eds.). Are the Irish Different?
ISBN
9780719095832
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