Sexual Violence and the Violence of Silence: Clergy Sexual Abuse in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia

Sexual Violence and the Violence of Silence takes a candid look at the clergy sexual abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia from a historical and cultural perspective. The author reveals the five veils of silence-the actions or inactions of the church hierarchy, congregation, law enforcement, media, and general public-that shrouded these cases of clergy sexual violence and exposed the internal maneuverings by administrative officials to silence all those involved or...