Sexual Violence in History: A Bibliography

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First published: March 1, 2025 - Last updated: March 1, 2025

TITLE INFORMATION

Author: Kevin Lewis O'Neill

Title: Unforgivable

Subtitle: An Abusive Priest and the Church That Sent Him Abroad

Place: Oakland, CA

Publisher: University of California Press

Year: 2025

Pages: 280pp.

ISBN-13: 9780520409118 (cloth) - Find a Library: Wikipedia, WorldCat | ISBN-13: 9780520409125 (ebk.) - Find a Library: Wikipedia, WorldCat

Language: English

Keywords: Modern History: 20th Century, 21st Century | American History: Guatemalan History, U.S. History | Cases: Real Incidents / Catholic Church Sexual Abuse Cases; Cases: Real Offenders / David Roney; Types: Child Sexual Abuse, Clergy Sexual Abuse



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Author: Kevin Lewis O’Neill, Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto - Personal Website

Contents:
  Preface (p. xi)
  I. A Priest Forever, 1945–1987 (p. 1)
  II. Becoming Deviant, 1987–1994 (p. 35)
  III. A Town without Pedophilia, 1994–2003 (p. 73)
  IV. At the Margins of Victimhood, 2003–2017 (p. 109)
  V. The Will to Survive, 2017–2023 (p. 141)
  Postscript (p. 184)
  Acknowledgments (p. 189)
  Reading Group Guide (p. 193)
  Notes (p. 195)
  Selected Bibliography (p. 241)
  Index (p. 253)

Description: »Clerical sexual abuse is as global as the Roman Catholic Church, with bishops moving credibly accused priests not simply between parishes but also across international borders. Unforgivable follows the movement of one such perpetrator from the Great Plains of central Minnesota to the Indigenous highlands of Guatemala, where this priest had access to children and even raised one as his own.
Although Father David Roney is at the center of this particular story, author Kevin Lewis O'Neill offers ample evidence that offshoring priests is a common practice. These maneuvers and the callous indifference of the Church—even once caught red-handed—reveal the limits of justice. They also lay bare the disturbing fact that the scale of clerical sexual abuse is far bigger than anyone has yet considered. Rigorously researched and viscerally important, this book raises urgent questions about holding the Catholic Church accountable.« (Source: University of California Press)

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