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The clergy sex abuse crisis and the legal responses / James T. O'Reilly and Margaret S.P. Chalmers.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780199350209 (ebook) :
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:
  • 344.7303276 23
LOC classification:
  • KF1328.5.C45 .O74 2014
Online resources: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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