The English Catholic Church and the Sex Abuse Crisis
BETRAYED
The English Catholic
Church and the Sex Abuse Crisis
RICHARD SCORER
PUBLICATION DATE: 11th MARCH 2014
PRICE: £16.99
Since
the late 1980s, the Catholic Church has been embroiled in a profound crisis of
clerical sexual abuse. In many Western countries, paedophile priests have been
exposed and convicted, and the Church’s moral and social standing has suffered
deeply. Scandals in Ireland and America have been extensively documented
and much debated. The English Catholic Church has also been shaken to its roots
by allegations of abuse; but until now the situation in England has not been
properly examined, and nor have its causes and possible solutions been fully
considered.
The
author, one of the UK’s leading lawyers in the field, considers the prevalence
and causes of abuse, the influence of wider society upon the Church’s response,
allegations of cover-ups, campaigns led by victims, battles within the Church,
the legal dimensions and the debate around the laicisation (“defrocking”) of
individual priests. He attempts to answer the following questions: How serious
has the problem been in the English Catholic Church? How effectively has the
Church responded? Can it hope to recover from this scandal, and deal credibly
and effectively with allegations of abuse that may be directed at it in the
future?
The
shocking true story of the extent of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in
England is exposed here for the first time.
AUTHOR
Richard
Scorer is a lawyer who is widely
reputed for his work on child abuse and human rights issues. He was described
by the Independent on Sunday as ‘one of Britain’s leading specialists in
child abuse litigation’ and is rated as a Band 1 ‘Leader in the Field’ in
serious injury law by Chambers Legal Guide. Since 1996 Richard has
represented hundreds of child abuse victims including the cases involving
Father Michael Hill which, in 2001, led directly to sweeping reforms of child
protection policy in the Catholic Church.
Richard Scorer is available for
interview
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