Books of Interest

Bausch, William J. (2002). Breaking Trust [A Priest Looks at the Scandal of Sexual Abuse].


Benyei, Candace R. (1998).  Understanding Clergy Misconduct in Religious Systems.


Berry, Jason (1992). Lead Us Not Into Temptation: Catholic Priests and the Sexual Abuse of Children.


Berry, Jason & Renner, Gerald (2004).  Vows of Silence, The Abuse of Power in the Papacy of John Paul II.


Boston Globe, Investigative Team of  (2002).  Betrayal, The Crisis in the Catholic Church.


Bruni, Frank & Burkett, Elinor (2002).  A Gospel of Shame, Children, Sexual Abuse and the Church.


Cozzens, Donald (2002).  Sacred Silence, Denial and the Crisis in the Church.


Dokecki, Paul R. (2004).  The Clergy Sexual Abuse Crisis: Reform and Renewal in the Catholic Community.


Flanagan, Eamoon (1995). Father and Me: A Story of Sexual Abuse at the Hands of a Priest.


Flynn, Eileen P. (2003).  Catholics at the Crossroads: Coverup, Crisis and Cure.


Fortune, Marie M. & Longwood, W. Merle, editors (2004). Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church: Trusting the Clergy.


Fortune, Marie M. & Poling, James N., (1994).  Sexual Abuse by Clergy: A Crisis for the Church.


France, David (2004).  Our Fathers [The Secret Life of the Catholic Church in an Age of Scandal].


Friberg, Nils C. & Laaser, Mark R. (1998).  Before the Fall [Preventing Pastoral Sexual Abuse].


Gaylor, Annue Laurie (1988).  Betrayal of Trust: Clergy Abuse of Children.

Gerdes, Louise I., editor (2003).  Child Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church [At Issue: Opposing Viewpoints Series].


Goode, Helen, McGee, Hannah, & O'Boyle, Ciaran  (2004).  Time to Listen:
Confronting Child Sexual Abuse by Catholic Clergy


Greely, Andrew (2004).  Priests: A Calling in Crisis.


Harris, Michael (1991).  Unholy Orders: Tragedy at Mount Cashel.


Hopkins, Nancy Myer (1998) The Congregational Response to Clergy Betrayals of Trust.

Hopkins, Nancy Myer & Laaser, Mark, editors (1995).  Restoring the Soul of a Church [Healing Congregations Wounded by Clergy Sexual Misconduct].

Horst, Elisabeth A. (1998).  Recovering the Lost Self [Shame-Healing for Victims of Clergy Sexual Abuse].


Jenkins, Philip (1996).  Pedophiles and Priests, Anatomy of a Contemporary Crisis.

Kennedy, Eugene (2001).  The Unhealed Wound, The Church and Human Sexuality.

Moore, Chris, & Hegarty, Kevin  (1996). Betrayal of Trust: The Father Brendan Smyth Affair and the Catholic Church.

O'Grady, Ron. (2002).  The Hidden Shame of the Church: Sexual Abuse of Children and the Church [Risk Series].


Phillips, Donald T. (2002).  Unto Us a Child [The True Story of an American Family].


Plante, Thomas G.  (1999).  Bless Me Father for I Have Sinned. [Perspectives on Sexual Abuse Committed by Roman Catholic Priests].


Rossetti, Stephen J. (1996). A Tragic Grace: The Catholic Church and Child Sexual Abuse.


Rossetti, Stephen J. (1990).  Slayer of the Soul: Child Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church.


Schwab, Brian (2001). The Sacred Robe.[A Novel]


Sennott, Charles M. (1992).  Broken Covenant: The Story of Father Bruce Ritter's Fall from Grace.


Sipe, A. W. Richard  (2003).  Celibacy in Crisis [A Secret World Revisited].

Sipe, A. W. Richard  (1994).  Sex, Priests and Power [Anatomy of a Crisis].

Sipe, A. W. Richard  (1990).  A Secret World [Sexuality and the Search for Celibacy].


Sperry, Len (2003).  Sex, Priestly Ministry, and the Church.

Steinfels, Peter (2003).  A People Adrift.

Stiles, Hilary (1987).  Assault on Innocence.


Thigpen, Paul, editor (2002).  Shaken by Scandals [Catholics Speak Out About Priests' Sexual Abuse].


Van Der Zee, John (2003). Agony in the Garden.[Sex, Lies and Redemption from the Troubled Heart of the American Catholic Church].


Van Dyke, Beth (1997).  What About Her: A True Story of Clergy, Abuse, Survival.


Wills, Garry (2000).  Papal Sin, Structures of Deceit.

List compiled by Sandra Graves [This is not an endorsement of any book, merely a list of books published on issues related to the clergy sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church and/or other denominations.] 3/24/04