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THE SERPENT AND THE DOVE: Celibacy in Literature And Life

 

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Sex, Priests, and Secret Codes : The Catholic Church's 2,000-Year Paper Trail of Sexual Abuse
Sex, Priests & Secret Codes: The Catholic Church's 2000 year paper trail of sexual abuse

by: Thomas P. Doyle, A.W. Richard Sipe, & Patrick J. Wall -

Excerpt from the book:  "The Catholic Church and sexuality is the subject of countless volumes.  Therefore only a very brief synopsis is possible here in hopes of shedding clearer light on the confusing and mysterious manner with which official churchdom has reacted to the sexual misdeeds, crimes and abuse of its clergy through the centuries"

Available from Volt Press & Amazon Books

Spoils of the Kingdom - Clergy Misconduct and Religious Community
by Anson Shupe
 
Introduction by A.W. Richard Sipe
A multifaith examination of abuse by church leadership

ANSON SHUPE is author of In the Name of All That's Holy: A Theory of Clergy Malfeasance. 

Available from University of Illinois Press 2007

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Living the Celibate Life: A Search for Models and Ministry
 
In LIVING THE CELIBATE LIFE Richard Sipe continues his lifelong search for the meaning, the process, and the practice of religious celibacy. Here he approaches the subject as it has never been treated before—from the perspective of human nature. He does not deny the charism of celibacy. He respect-fully avoids it in order to provide consideration of human nature - a solid base - upon which the grace of celibacy can build. He does not enter the debate of mandatory celibacy for priests. Rather, he provides more material for a reasonable and thoughtful dialogue on the important and timely subject of celibacy.               
 
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CELIBACY IN CRISIS A Secret World Revisited
 
Sipe reveals in the latest book the sobering results of his com-prehensive and objective landmark study on celibacy within the Catholic Church.  Sipe reexamines the Roman Catholic Church's policy of mandatory clerical celibacy in light of the recently exposed sexual misconduct scandals. Placing the evolution of the celibacy concept firmly in historical context, the author provides the background information necessary for a contemporary analysis. Using hundreds of candid interviews conducted with priests, their sexual partners, and victims of clerical sexual abuse, he provides overwhelming evidence of the physical and spiritual failure of the celibacy ideal.     Available through Amazon.com

Sex, Priests and Power

Before today's headlines of pedophile priests, Sipe wrote the book exposing the sexual crisis facing the Catholic Church. How can the church prevent sexual abuse? How can we reform abusers? Sipe discusses these issues and shows the pitfalls of the church's current teachings on celibacy and sex. Recounts vivid and chilling stories of sexual abuse—of priests abusing children, priest abusing women, and priests abusing other priests. 

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Celibacy : A Way of Loving, Living, and Serving

This book invites you to "think of sex and celibacy-and your own sexuality - in new and creative ways."   Sipe examines the evolutionary, biological, and cultural roots of celibacy to advance our knowledge of the mysteries of human sexuality.

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A Secret World: Sexuality and the Search for Celibacy

Sipe examines the role of celibacy in the priesthood. Based on interviews with 1,500 people over 25 years.

Likely to become a classic, sure to be controversial and sensationalized, this is a pioneering, landmark study of the vow of celibacy as actually lived by a group of Roman Catholic priests. Click here for a  review on this book .......
 
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Sin Against the Innocents

Experts from a variety of fields join forces to show us what fuels a most horrific violation of trust--sexual abuse by priests--and how the church and church structure play a role in this abuse.

Chapter 6 of this book was written by Sipe.

Available from Amazon.com

 

  Psychiatry, Ministry, and Pastoral Counseling (Paperback - Mar 1984)

 

How to Be Celibate
 

Recording of Sipe talking to seminarians about celibacy. 

2 Cassette Tapes

Formerly available through Credence Cassettes

 

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