How Priests and Nuns Become Perpetrators Sexual Abuse and the Culture of Catholicism digs beneath the
public scandals to explore the underlying causes of sexual abuse by
priests and nuns from the unique perspective of an abuse victim/survivor
who is an experienced mental health practitioner and social science
researcher. This powerful book includes the author’s personal account of
sexual abuse by a nun and her years of struggle to recover. Passionate
but scholarly and objective, the book advocates the need for healing
dialogue, empirical research, and informed prevention strategies to
bring a meaningful resolution to the crisis of sexual abuse in the
church.
