The Clergy Sex Abuse Crisis and the Legal Responses

Preface PART I: CONTEXT & BACKGROUND Chapter 1 Introduction to a Complex Problem Chapter 2 Understanding the Patterns of Clergy Abuse Litigation PART II: CIVIL LITIGATION Chapter 3 Civil Litigation Against Catholic Dioceses, Parishes and Priests Chapter 4 Participants in the Clergy Abuse Case PART III: HANDLING ABUSE CLAIMS Chapter 5 Delays & Limitations in Clergy Abuse Claims PART IV: OTHER RELATED ISSUES Chapter 6 Effects of Criminal Charges & Plea Agreements Chapter 7 Church Insurance & Abuse Claims Chapter 8 Constitutional Issues Chapter 9 Bankruptcy Issues Chapter 10 Mandated Abuse Reporting Issues Chapter 11 Evidence Privileges & Clergy Abuse Issues Chapter 12 Repressed Memory Inducement Cases Chapter 13 Fraud and Nondisclosure in the Assignment of Clergy Chapter 14 Defenses & Claims of Immunity Chapter 15 Damages Issues Chapter 16 Fiscal Impacts of Abuse Cases on the U.S. Catholic Church Chapter 17 Impact of Abuse Cases on External Relations of the Catholic Church Chapter 18 Responses Vary Inside & Outside the United States Chapter 19 The Church's Internal Big Picture - Governance and Law Chapter 20 How Episcopal Culture Contributed to Administrative Failure Chapter 21 The Development of the Problem: 1950 to 2002 Chapter 22 The Perfect Storm in Canon Law: What Went Wrong Chapter 23 2002 and Beyond Chapter 24 The Particular Issues of Religious Communities Chapter 25 The Investigation and Pretrial Canonical Process Chapter 26 The Accuser and The Canonical Process Chapter 27 Canonical Penal Trials and Outcomes Chapter 28 Limitations and Weaknesses in the Canonical Penal System Chapter 29 Clergy Abuse Issues in Non-Roman Catholic Denominations Chronology Bibliography Index