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This book has examined the challenges, and ultimate power shift, in Catholic church-state relations in America, a result of clerical sexual abuse revelations over the last decade and a half. Traditionally, religion and government, as the two critical institutions in this country, have maintained a tenuous balance of power between the sacred and the secular. However, in the series of battles that ensued over priestly molestations and that have affected certain aspects of church-state relations, a different political rapport now exists: the state has tipped the scales and gained the upper hand in its relationship with the Catholic Church.
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Laurie Goodstein, “Chief of Panel on Priest Abuse Will Step Down,” The New York Times, 16 June 2003, p. A1.
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The Nature and Scope of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests and Deacons in the US 1950–2002, 25 February 2004, http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/child-and-youth-protection/upload/The-Nature-and-Scope-of-Sexual-Abuse-of-Minors-by-Catholic-Priests-and-Deacons-in-the-United-States-1950-2002.pdf.
Marc Santora and Laurie Goodstein, “Newark Monsignor Loses Job for Failing to Stop Priest’s Work with Children,” The New York Times, 26 May 2013, p. 16.
Ian Lovett, “Los Angeles Cardinal Hid Abuse, Files Show,” The New York Times, 22 January 2013, p. 16.
Steven Yaccino and Michael Paulson, “In Files, a History of Sexual Abuse by Priests in Chicago Archdiocese,” The New York Times, 22 January 2014, p. A1.
See: Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, “Guide to Understanding Basic CDF Procedures Concerning Sexual Abuse Allegations,” 2010, http://www.vatican.va/resources/resources_guid-CDF-procedures_en.html.
Pope Benedict XVI, “How Much Filth There Is in the Church,” Good Friday Services, April 2005, http://www.conchiglia.us/uk/us-pap/uk_sporcizia_nella_Chiesa.html.
John Holusha and Ian Fisher, “Pope Begins US Visit; Says He Is Ashamed of Sex Scandal,” The New York Times, 16 April 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/16/us/nationalspecial2/15cnd-pope.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0.
Laurie Goodstein, “384 Priests Defrocked Over Abuse in 2 Years,” The New York Times, 18 January 2014, p. A8.
Gregory Erlandson and Matthew Bunson, Pope Benedict XVI and the Sexual Abuse Crisis: Working for Reform and Renewal (Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor, 2010), p. 30. The authors recount an interview in an article published in an Italian Catholic newspaper, L’Avvenire. They do not give a date, but ascribe these statistics to Monsignor Scicluna, a Vatican official with the CDF.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, “Circular Letter to Assist Episcopal Conferences in Developing Guidelines for Dealing with Cases of Sexual Abuses of Minors Perpetrated by Clerica,” 3 May 2011, Signed by William Cardinal Levada, Prefect, http://www.vatica.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/document.
Rachel Donadio, “Leaked Cables Show Vatican Tensions and Diplomacy with US,” The New York Times, 12 December 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/11/world/europe11vatican.html.
Josephine McKenna, “Cardinal Sean O’Malley on sexual abuse crisis: ‘There is so much denial,” Religion News Service, 3 May 2014. http://www.religionnews.com/2014/05/03/cardinal-sean-omalley-sexual-abuse-crisis-much-denial/
Elisabetta Povoledo “Pope Takes Responsibility in Priests’ Abuse Scandal,” The New York Times, 12 April 2014, A 11.
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Lizzy Davies, “UN Panel Grills Catholic Hierarchy on Handling of Child Sex Abuse by Priests,” The Guardian, 16 January 2014, http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/16/un-criticises-vatican-coverups-child-sex-abuse-catholic-priests.
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Jim Yardley, “Pope Moves to Delfate Breathless Portrayals of Stardom,” The New York Times, 6 March 2014, p. A 7.
For an excellent discussion, see: Tom Barth, “Crisis Management in the Catholic Church: Lessons for Public Administrators,” Public Administration Review 70, no. 5 (September–October 2010): 780–791.
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Formicola, J.R. (2014). From Crisis to Power Shift and the Future. In: Clerical Sexual Abuse. Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137381644_7
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