TY  - BOOK
AU  - O'Reilly,James T.
AU  - Chalmers,Margaret S.P.
TI  - The clergy sex abuse crisis and the legal responses
SN  - 9780199350209 (ebook) :
AV  - KF1328.5.C45 .O74 2014
U1  - 344.7303276 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Child sexual abuse by clergy
KW  - United States
KW  - Child sexual abuse by clergy (Canon law)
KW  - Catholic Church
KW  - Clergy
KW  - Sexual behavior
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Legal disputes over worldwide and U.S. sexual abuse by Catholic priests, and over efforts by Catholic bishops to conceal clerical misconduct, have produced many headlines and public discussion. However, the precise legal issues involved remain a mystery to most observers. In this study, James O'Reilly and Margaret Chalmers examine the role of canon law in these cases and the interplay between the global church-based law and the laws of individual jurisdictions where criminal actions and lawsuits are brought
UR  - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199937936.001.0001
ER  -