Abstract
The sexual exploitation of patients or clients by health professionals has attracted much attention during the last decade, alarming professionals and public alike. The violation of generally agreed upon boundaries between counselor (physician, therapist) and counselee is paralleled by similar violations of the accepted and acceptable roles of the clergy. The public seems to be even more offended by violations of sacramental vows than by breaches of conduct set forth in the Oath of Hippocrates.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Bibliography
Abel, G., Mittelman, M. and Becker, J.: 1987, `Sexual Offenders: Results of Assessment and Recommendation for Treatment’, in M.H. Ben-Aron, S.J. Hucker and C.D. Webster (eds.), Clinical Criminology: The Assessment and Treatment of Criminal Behaviors, Butterworth, Toronto, Canada, pp. 107–128.
Bell, A.P. and Weinberg, M.S.: 1978, Homosexualities: A Study of Diversity among Men and Women, Simon and Schuster, New York.
Finkelhour, D.: 1979. `Psychological, Cultural, and Family Factors in Incest and Family Sexual Abuse’, Journal of Marriage and Family Counseling 4, 41–49.
Fortune, M. M.: 1989, Is Nothing Sacred: When Sex Invades the Pastoral Relationship, Harper and Row, San Francisco.
Sipe, A.W.R.: 1990, A Secret World: Sexuality and the Search for Celibacy, Brunner/Mazel, New York.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1992 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Lief, H.I. (1992). Sexual Transgressions of Clergy. In: Green, R.M. (eds) Religion and Sexual Health. Theology and Medicine, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7963-6_10
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7963-6_10
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-90-481-4160-9
Online ISBN: 978-94-015-7963-6
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive