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Betrayal : the crisis in the Catholic Church / by the investigative staff of the Boston Globe.

Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Boston, Mass. ; London : Little, Brown and Co, c2002Edition: 1st ed.Description: xiii, 274 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0316075582 hardback :.Uniform titles: Boston globe Subject(s): Catholic Church -- Clergy -- Sexual behavior | Catholic Church -- Discipline | Child sexual abuse by clergyDDC classification: 261.8327208822 BET
Contents:
Introduction -- Father Geoghan -- Cover-Up -- The Predators -- The Victims -- Explosion -- The Decline of Deference -- His Eminence -- Sex and the Church -- The Struggle for Change.
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General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library Ground Floor Main 261.8327208822 BET (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 38888000928535
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

With this expose, The Boston Globe aims to present the single most comprehensive account of the cover-ups, hush money and emotional manipulation used by the Catholic Church to keep its long history of sexual abuse secret. The case of Father John Geoghan, who has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and whose 130 victims have been awarded $30 million, has dominated news headlines. The newspaper maintains that the 2000 related civil suits pending against the Church are just the tip of the iceberg.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-263) and index.

Introduction -- Father Geoghan -- Cover-Up -- The Predators -- The Victims -- Explosion -- The Decline of Deference -- His Eminence -- Sex and the Church -- The Struggle for Change.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Foreword (p. ix)
  • Introduction (p. 3)
  • 1 Father Geoghan (p. 11)
  • 2 Cover-Up (p. 31)
  • 3 The Predators (p. 54)
  • 4 The Victims (p. 78)
  • 5 Explosion (p. 98)
  • 6 The Decline of Deference (p. 119)
  • 7 His Eminence (p. 141)
  • 8 Sex and the Church (p. 164)
  • 9 The Struggle for Change (p. 183)
  • Appendix The Documents (p. 205)
  • Notes (p. 251)
  • Acknowledgments (p. 265)
  • Index (p. 267)

Reviews provided by Syndetics

CHOICE Review

The Boston Globe first broke the news of widespread sexual abuse in the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston. This is the full story by the reporters who unearthed it. The misdeeds of John Geoghan first attracted the paper's attention, but it soon became evident that Geoghan was only one of many more pedophile priests (over 90) that had been tolerated, and to some degree protected, by former Cardinal Bernard F. Law in his role as archbishop of Boston. This book explains both the problem of abuse within the Catholic Church and the crisis that has erupted in the wake of recent revelations. The first five chapters describe the sordid tale of what happened in Boston, complete with 45 pages of facsimile documents showing how utterly tone-deaf the church was to the problem. The last four chapters deal with the aftermath: the end of prosecutorial deference to the church, the lost of trust in the hierarchy, and calls for church reform. For readers who want the story straight from the source, this is the book to read. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. All levels. D. Jacobsen Messiah College

Author notes provided by Syndetics

The writers of this book, and the reporters principally responsible for the Globe's coverage of the scandal, are Matt Carroll, Kevin Cullen, Thomas Farragher, Stephen Kurkjian, Michael Paulson, Sacha Pfeiffer, Michael Rezendes, and Spotlight Team Editor Walter V. Robinson. The coverage and the book were overseen by Deputy Managing Editor for Projects Ben Bradlee Jr.
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