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In
the past months, I have read and reviewed these resources as
part of my healing. I recommend all of them. They
are listed in the order in which they were written.
Click on the title for my review. Use your "back" button to return to this list. IS NOTHING SACRED: WHEN SEX INVADES THE PASTORAL RELATIONSHIP by Marie M. Fortune. Harper and Row. 1989. $10.00. This is a case history of clergy sexual abuse in a protestant church by the founder of the Center for the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence. Several women accused their pastor of sexually abusing them; it took three years for him to be removed and the parish was split. SEX IN THE FORBIDDEN ZONE: WHEN MEN IN POWER-DOCTORS, CLERGY, TEACHERS, AND OTHERS-BETRAY WOMEN'S TRUST by Peter Rutters, M. D. Fawcett Paperbacks. 1989. $5.99. A Jungian analyst, Rutters explains why sexual behavior is always wrong in relationships involving power, trust, and dependency and why professionals fail to police their own organization. JUDGMENT 1990 PG-13 89 minutes. This is a video of an HBO movie based on the true story of a priest in Louisiana now serving a twenty year sentence for pedophilia. It may be available for rent at your local video store. A SECRET WORLD: SEXUALITY AND THE SEARCH FOR CELIBACY by A. W. Richard Sipe. 1990. Brunner/Mazel. $29.95. For twenty-five years Sipe, a psychotherapist, has been treating priests with sexual problems and studying those who do achieve celibacy. SEX IN THE PARISH by Karen Lebacqz and Ronald G. Barton. Westminster/John Knox Press. 1991. $14.99. This book explores the ethics of sexual contact between clergy and parishioners. "IF YOU HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY ABUSED OR HARASSED: A GUIDE TO GETTING EFFECTIVE HELP IN THE ELCA". By Dr. Mary D. Pellauer et al. 26 pp. 1991. Available from ELCA Distribution Service, Box 1209, Minneapolis, IN. 55440. Price $1.00 each plus postage of $2.50 for orders of $1 to $10. This pamphlet is sold from reading racks in Evangelical Lutheran churches. Imagine if Catholic Churches had such a thing! Besides insisting churches should be a safe place, it has a great list of resources. May be out of print now. Call and ask it be reprinted! 1-800-328-4648 THE SECRET SIN: HEALING THE WOUNDS OF SEXUAL ADDICTION by Mark Lasser, Ph.D. Zondervan. 1992. $8.99. Lasser is a sex addict and former pastor who shares his personal experiences and offers hope for healing. New Title: Faithful and True : Sexual Integrity in a Fallen World BROKEN COVENANT by Charles M. Sennott. Simon and Schuster. 1992. $23.00. This is the story of Fr. Bruce Ritter, founder of Covenant House for runaways, and his sexual abuse of children who had turned to him in trust. LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION: CATHOLIC PRIESTS AND THE SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN by Jason Berry. Doubleday. 10/92. $22.50. Berry has been writing about clergy sexual abuse and interviewing priests all around them country for ten years making him the best informed lay person on the subject. YOU MUST BE DREAMING By Barbara Noel, with Karen Watterson. Poseidon Press. 1992. $21.00. This woman, sexually abused by her renowned psychiatrist, tells of finally getting him suspended from his professional organizations.
THE GENERAL'S DAUGHTER by Nelson DeMille. Warner Books. 1992. Ten years after her betrayal a woman is found dead. "Just forget it ever happened" does not work!
The book has been made into a movie with the memorable line, "Betrayal is worse than rape!"
SEXUAL ABUSE IN CHRISTIAN HOMES AND CHURCHES by Carolyn H. Heggen. Herald Press. 1993. Dr. Haggen, an Albuquerque psychotherapist, writes about how both theology and church practices lead to victimization of Christians. FALL FROM GRACE by Andrew M. Greeley. Putnam. 3/93. $22.95. Priest and author with 15 million books in print in this, his most recent novel, Greeley educates about sexual and political abuse in the church and domestic violence while entertaining with romance and suspense. BOYS OF ST. VINCENT This is a powerful video of the sexual abuse by Christian Brothers in Canada. There are copies for rent at my local Hastings. How Little We Knew: Collusion and Confusion with Sexual Misconduct by Dee Ann Miller. Prescott Press. 1993. $11.00 Sexually assaulted while serving as a missionary with her husband by a fellow missionary, Dee's greatest trauma came from her church when she spoke out. A Gospel of Shame: Children, Sexual Abuse, and the Catholic Church by Elinor Burkett and Frank Bruni. Viking. 1993. $22.50. Two reporters interviewed dozens of survivors, experts, and bishops revealing horrendous abuse of trust and silence by the church. The Truth about Malarkey by Dee Ann Miller. First Books. 2000. $13.98. This is a novel about the effects on a congregation when the pastor sexually abused parishioners. The Hired Hand: a case of Clergy Abuse by Donna E. Scott. AmErica House. 2001. $16.95. Some pastors are Good Shepherds, but some are just Hired Hands. These exploit the sheep they are suposed to care for. The Crime of Father Amaro or El Crimen del Padre Amaro. 2002. Here is a movie made in Mexico about priests sexually abusing women, among their other sins. Available on video or DVD. 
about these resources or others you know.
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