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Informative Books on the Clergy Abuse Issue


1. Betrayal, the Crisis in the Catholic Church. By the Investigative Staff of The Boston Globe, Published 2002 by Little, Brown & Company.

2. Sex in the Forbidden Zone, by Peter Rutter (Fawcett Crest 1989)

3. Is Nothing Sacred? by Marie Fortune (Harper Collins 1989)

4. A Gospel of Shame, by Burkett and Bruni (Viking 1993)

5. Restoring the Sould of a Church, by editors, Hopkins and Laaser
(Liturgical Press 1995, phone 1-800-858-5450--healing congregations
and victims wounded by Clergy Sexual Misconduct)

6. Broken Covenant, by Charles Sennott (Simon and Schuster 1992--
Exposure of Bruce Ritter of Covenant House)

7. Lead Us Not into Temptation, by Jason Berry (Doubleday 1992)

8. A Secret World, by Richard Sipe

9. Sex, Priests and Power, by Richard Sipe (Brunner/Mazel 1995)

10. Boys Don't Cry, by Darcy Henton and David McCann (McClelland and
Stewart, Inc., Toronto, Canada 1995)

11. Slayer of the Soul: Child Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church, by Stephen Rossetti (XXIII Publications, 1990). ISBN: 089622452X

12.Christianity, Patriarchy, and Abuse: A Feminist Critique, by Joanne Brown, and Carole R. Bohn, eds. (Pilgrim Press 1989). ISBN: 0829808086

13. Brother Tony's Boys, by Mike Echols (Prometheus Books, July 1996) ISBN: 1573920517.

14. IN THEIR OWN VOICES: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF MEN SEXUALLY ABUSED AS CHILDREN BY CATHOLIC CLERGY by Dr Paul J. Isely

15. UNHOLY ORDERS: TRAGEDY AT MT. CASHEL by Michael Harris (Penquin Books: Toronto, 1990....Sexual abuse by the Christian Brothers in Newfoundland, and the conspiracy of silence by the church and the criminal justice system are the subject of the book. This is the story that the film, "Boys of St. Vincent" is based on.)

16. GARLANDS FROM ASHES: HEALING FROM CLERGY ABUSE by Sonja Grace (Order by writing Sonja Grace, Garlands, P.O. Box 121, Wanganui, New Zealand-- enclose a check or money order for $30 for book and postage)

17. A TRAGIC GRACE: THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, by Fr. Stephen Rossetti (Liturgical Press--phone 1-800-858-545)

18. WHAT ABOUT HER? A TRUE STORY OF CLERGY ABUSE, SURVIVAL by Beth Van Dyke (Mukilteo WA: Wine Press Pub., 1997)

19. CANNIBAL'S WIFE by Yvonne Maes (Herodias, Inc., 346 First AV, NY,NY
10009, USA ; also, on AMAZON.com)

20. BETRAYAL OF TRUST: SEXUAL MISCONDUCT IN THE PASTORATE by Dr. Roy Bell and Stanley J. Grenz (1995, InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, IL 60516

21. REPRESSED MEMORIES by Renee Fredrickson(Simon and Schuster,1992)

22. ASSASSINI by Thomas Gifford (Bantam Paperback 1991)

23, THE CARDINAL SINS; CARDINAL VIRTUES; THY BROTHER'S WIFE, and more by Andrew Greeley

24. CHALLENGING PROFESSIONAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION: A HANDBOOK FOR SURVIVORS by Kathy Constantinides, 1993 Phone: 517-832-0662

25. RECOVERING THE LOST SELF: SHAME-HEALING FOR VICTIMS OF CLERGY SEXUAL ABUSE by Elizabeth A. Horst (Liturgical Press, 1998-
Phone: 1-800-858-5450)

26. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT CLERGY SEXUAL MISCONDUCT by Elisabeth A. Horst (Liturgical Press, 2000--Ph. 1-800-8585450)

27. THE COURAGE TO HEAL by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis (1988, 1992)

28. THE COURAGE TO HEAL WOOKBOOK by Laura Davis (1990)

29. GOODBYE GOOD MEN by Michael S. Rose

30. THE UNHEALED WOUND by Eugene Kennedy

31. Habits of Sin, by Ashley Hill. An expose of nuns who sexually abuse children and each other. ISBN: 0-7388-2614-6,

31. Recovering the Lost Self, by Elizabeth A. Horst. This booklet, written by Elisabeth A. Horst of the Interfaith Sexual Trauma Institute, is about how victims of sexual abuse perpetrated by the clergy can heal from the shame that goes with the abuse. ISBN: 0814624421

32. Leaping Upon the Mountains, by Mike Lew. Presenting the first real investigation of what male survivors themselves identify as most important during various stages of their recovery. This book is about the successes. Its contributors speak eloquently and persuasively of the reality of recovery. ISBN: 155643345X

 

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