Editors:
- Véronique Lecaros, (Department of Theology), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú -

- Ana Lourdes Suárez, (National Scientific and Technical Research Council), -

Contents:

	Lists of Figures (p. x)
	Lists of Tables (p. xi)
	Lists of Contributors (p. xii)
	Acknowledgements (p. xviii)
	Introduction       Véronique Lecaros and Ana Lourdes Suárez (p. 1)
	Part I (p. 11)
	1 Sexual abuse in the Catholic Church of Argentina Juan Bautista Duhau and Ana Lourdes Suárez (p. 13)
	2 Abuses in the Catholic Church in Brazil Brenda Carranza, María José Rosado-Nunesand Júlio César de Paula Ribeiro (p. 25)
	3 The sexual abuse crisis in the Chilean Catholic Church: an open wound Eduardo Valenzuela (p. 40)
	4 Sexual abuses in the Peruvian ecclesial environment: sexual abuses in the Ecuadorian ecclesial environment: the Bolivian case Dafne Aída Zapata Pratto, Jesús García and Véronique Lecaros (p. 53)
	5 Ecclesiastical abuses in Mexico: between naturalization and duty María Eugenia Patiño López (p. 67)
	6 Sexual abuse and the Uruguayan Catholic Church Miguel Pastorino (p. 76)
	Part II (p. 87)
	7 Clericalism in its Latin-American variant Véronique Lecaros (p. 89)
	8 A tolerant familiarity with the illicit: the Catholic sexual imagination and its role in the abuse crisis Raúl E. Zegarra (p. 107)
	9 The silence of victims and networks of secrecy Luis Bahamondes González and Nelson Marín Alarcón (p. 123)
	10 Relevance and meaning of the international reports on abuse. An inescapable challenge for the reform of the Catholic Church Carlos Schickendantz (p. 140)
	Part III (p. 155)
	11 Women religious victims of clergy abuse and perpetrators of abuse Ana Lourdes Suárez (p. 157)
	12 Discipline, obedience, and punishments: spiritual abuse as an enabler of sexual abuse within Sodalicio Rocío Figueroa and David Tombs (p. 177)
	13 Unveiling the manipulation: a testimony of Sodalitium Christianae Vitae’s deception Gonzalo Can (p. 196)
	14 The Karadima case of abuses in Chile: contradictions of a Church under scrutiny Cristián Parker Gumucio and José Miguel Pérez Valdivia (p. 202)
	15 Abuse dynamics and abuse-prone institutional systems in charismatic communities founded in Europe with strong roots in Latin America Juan Bautista Duhau (p. 219)
	16 Abuses in parishes: the case of a Peruvian parish in a suburban poor area Véronique Lecaros (p. 238)
	Part IV (p. 247)
	17 From victims to survivors: understanding the victims’ suffering Ana Mercedes Caro (p. 249)
	18 Reparation, restorative justice and both the subjective and social need for truth, recognition, and justice commissions in Latin America Carolina Montero Orphanopoulos (p. 263)
	19 Addressing the Catholic Church abuse crisis: responses, reforms, and challenges Hans Zollner, Véronique Lecaros and Ana Lourdes Suárez (p. 280)
	Index (p. 290)

Description: »This book addresses the crisis of sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in Latin America, the region of the world with the highest percentage of Catholics. Bringing together research from across the continent, it demonstrates that abuse within the Church is indeed a global phenomenon, though abuses have taken different forms according to varying sociocultural contexts. With attention to abuses committed against children, women and vulnerable adults – by both men and women – within the settings of parishes, new religious movements and international religious organizations, it also raises questions of justice, asking how to assess the suffering of victims, how to deal with abusers and how to prevent abuses. It will therefore be of interest to scholars of religious studies, sociology, Latin American studies, criminology, theology, and religious leaders with interests in the abuses and scandals that have been revealed in the worldwide Church.« (Source: Taylor & Francis)

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