Homosexuality & Pedophilia among the Catholic Clergy:
Is There a Connection?
...
Fair Trial and the Business of News & Books: Selling
The Boston Globe while Achieving Justice -- and the Pulitzer
Prize
...
Media Attention to the "Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal,"
and Anti-clericalism(?) in the Media
Is There Anti-clericalism in the Judicial System(?)
... these are practically toxic questions, which you are free to ignore
if you think them absurd ...
Pedophilia versus Sexual Abuse of Teenagers:
Does the Distinction Matter?
...
Pedophilia, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Misconduct & Recidivism:
Is One Strike Conclusive Evidence that a Priest Is Forever Out of
Order?
...
Are There Degrees of Sexual Molestation?
Does this question have anything to do with evidence and proof?
Can a Catholic Priest Wear Clerical Garb at His
Child Sex Abuse Trial? (Collateral(?) question: Would a priest want
to do so today?)
The Role of Religion & Religious Affiliation in
Juror Selection for Civil and Criminal Trials of Catholic Priests
for Sexual Misconduct
The Evidentiary Status and Uses of (i) Theological
and Religious Doctrines and Beliefs and (ii) Canon Law, in Trials
of Catholic Priests for Sexual Misconduct
Is the Catholic Church's Insistence on Clerical
Celibacy a Crime? (Is there any good reason for this irreverent question?
{Compare the tobacco companies' claim that the legality of
smoking and cigarettes places sharp limits on cigarette companies'
liability.})
A Simple(?) Matter of Numbers: Just How (Un)Common
-- How (In)Frequent -- Is Sexual Misconduct by Catholic Priests --
and How Do You Know the Answer to This Question -- or How Can Anyone
Generate a Good Answer to This Question?
More
Material
Blog:
Shanley, Repressed Memory & Elizabeth Loftus
(Feb. 6 & 7, 2005)
Philip Jenkins, PEDOHILES AND PRIESTS (Oxford, 1996)
[additional material
to come]
Peter
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