"Chronology of some aspects of the sexual abuse issue in the U.S. Roman Catholic Church" (pages 411-422). Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-432) and index.
Contents:
Part One. Context and background -- Introduction to a complex problem -- Understanding the patterns of clergy abuse litigation -- Part two. Civil litigation -- Civil litigation against Catholic dioceses, parishes and priests -- Participants in the clergy abuse case -- Part three. Handling abuse claims -- Delays and limitations in clergy abuse claims -- Part four. Other related issues -- Effects of criminal charges and plea agreements -- Church insurance and abuse claims -- Constitutional issues -- Bankruptcy issues -- Mandated abuse reporting issues -- Evidence privileges and clergy abuse issues -- Repressed memory inducement cases -- Fraud and nondisclosure in the assignment of clergy -- Defenses and claims of immunity -- Damages issues -- Fiscal impacts of abuse cases on the U.S. Catholic Church -- Impact of abuse cases on external relations of the Catholic Church -- Responses vary inside and outside the United States -- The Church's internal big picture : governance and law -- How episcopal culture contributed to administrative failure -- The development of the problem : 1950 to 2002 -- The perfect storm in canon law : what went wrong? -- 2002 and beyond -- The particular issues of religious communities -- The investigation and pretrial canonical process -- The accuser and the canonical process -- Canonical penal trials and outcomes -- Limitations and weaknesses in the canonical penal system -- Clergy abuse issues in non-Roman Catholic denominations.
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