Strangers in the chancery

Davis compares the recent rash of scandals involving priests abusing children to the revelations in the 1960s of abuse of vulnerable people in medical experiments in the American medical profession. The similarities between the two suggest why the Catholic scandal has persisted, why it has focused o...

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Published in:Society (New Brunswick) 2003-03, Vol.40 (3), p.25-34
Main Author: Davis, Joseph E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Catholicism
Child Sexual Abuse
Dance music
Decision making
Health care industry
Long term care insurance
Medicine
Physicians
Priests
Roman Catholicism
Scandals
United States of America
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Summary:Davis compares the recent rash of scandals involving priests abusing children to the revelations in the 1960s of abuse of vulnerable people in medical experiments in the American medical profession. The similarities between the two suggest why the Catholic scandal has persisted, why it has focused on the bishops, and why it is likely to affect episcopal decision-making well beyond the handling of errant priests. It is suggested that a cultural logic is at work shaping the way decision-making is being transformed in contemporary society.
ISSN:0147-2011
1936-4725
DOI:10.1007/s12115-003-1032-x