Bad Pastors : : Clergy Misconduct in Modern America / / edited by Anson Shupe, William A. Stacey, and Susan E. Darnell.

• TeilnehmendeR: Darnell, Susan E.; Stacey, William A.; Shupe, Anson D.
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, London : : New York University Press,, [2000]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2000
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (268 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Child-molesting priests, embezzled church treasures, philandering ministers and rabbis, even church-endorsed pyramid schemes that defraud gullible parishioners of millions of dollars: for the past decade, clergy misconduct has seemed continually to be in the news. Is there something about religious organizations that fosters such misbehavior? Bad Pastors presents a range of new perspectives and solidly grounded data on pastoral abuse, investigating sexual misconduct, financial improprieties, and political and personal abuse of authority. Rather than focusing on individuals who misbehave, the v

Table of Contents

Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Recognizing Clergy Malfeasanceand Abrogation of Religious Authority; pa r t i How Shall We Name It?; 2 Issues in Conceptualizing Clergy Malfeasance; 3 Narratives of Sexual Danger: A ComparativePerspective on the Emergence of theClergy Sexual Violation Scandal; 4 Has the Silence Been Shattered or Does a HolyHush Still Prevail? Defining Violence againstWomen within Christian Churches; 5 Guide to Enlightenment of Strayed Shepherds?The Problems of Claimed Clergy Malfeasancein Interreligious Perspective

pa r t i i Responding to Accusations ofClergy Malfeasance6 Charisma, Male Entitlement, and the Abuseof Power; 7 The Politics of a Sexual Harassment Case; 8 Is Abuse about Truth or Story . . . or Both? OneIntentional Community's Painful Experienceswith False Accusations; pa r t i i i Monitoring Clergy Malfeasance; 9 How Much Clergy Malfeasance Is Really OutThere? A Victimization Survey ofPrevalence and Perceptions; 10 Clergy Malfeasance, Victimization, and National/Local Awareness: Their Effects on ChurchAttendance and Financial Giving; pa r t i v Epilogue and Overview

11 Incidence and Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse12 The Future of Clergy Abuse/Malfeasance Research; Contributors; Index