Perversion of Power: Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church

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Perversion of Power Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church Mary Gail Frawley-O’Dea Vanderbilt University Press nashville © 2007 Vanderbilt University Press All rights reserved First Edition 2007 Manufactured in the United States of America Text designed by Dariel Mayer Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Frawley-O’Dea, Mary Gail, 1950– Perversion of power : sexual abuse in the Catholic Church / Mary Gail Frawley-O’Dea.—1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-8265-1546-9 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-0-8265-1547-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Child sexual abuse by clergy. 2. Catholic Church— Clergy—Sexual behavior. I. Title. BX1912.9.F74 2007 261.8’3272088282—dc22 2006029442 To My Family Dennis, Mollie, Sally, and Martha ...