Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church Argumentative Essay by Master Researcher
Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church
A discussion of the issue of sexual abuse within the Catholic church.
# 36682
| 900 words
| 6 sources
| APA
| 2002
| 
Published
on Oct 15, 2003
in
Religion and Theology
(Christianity)
, Child, Youth Issues
(Child Abuse)
, Ethics
(General)
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Description:
This paper discusses ethics and laws concerning the problem of sexual abuse of children in the Catholic church. The paper looks at recent media attention on this topic and how this has turned public opinion against the church. The writer points out that the church is not the only entity to have covered up sexual abuse, and argues that action needs to be taken to address these issues from within the church as well as the legal system.
From the Paper:
"The Catholic Church is concerned about these cases and has taken steps to prevent this in by future. "Seminaries also began seriously screening candidates ... Education, upward mobility, new cultural attitudes and probably the scandal itself reduced the Catholic deference to clerical and hierarchical authority that has been often permitted abuse to go unchecked" (Steinfels 2002)."The news cannot be blamed for all the problems in allegations toward priests and sexual abuse. Part of the problem has been the cover up of many of these cases. Confidence in the church will not be accomplished by apologies or exhortations. The Roman Catholic bishops are not alone in the problems of sexual abuse--there are many other organizations, religious and secular who have sexual abuse in their history and currently. "Priests, rabbis, ministers, imams and other clergymen are not immune from the law" (Whelan 2002).
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