Predatory Priests, Silenced Victims The Sexual Abuse Crisis and The Catholic Church Predatory Priests, Silenced Victims The Sexual Abuse Crisis and The Catholic Church Edited by Mary Gail Frawley-O’Dea Virginia Goldner THE ANALYTIC PRESS Cover design by Tomai Maridou. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Taylor & Francis Group Taylor & Francis Group 270 Madison Avenue 2 Park Square New York, NY 10016 Milton Park, Abingdon Oxon OX14 4RN © 2007 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC Lawrence Erlbaum Associates is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 International Standard Book Number-13: 978-0-88163-424-2 (Hardcover) No part of this book may be reprinted, reproduced, transmitted, or utilized in any form by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying, microfilming, and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without written permission from the publishers. Trademark Notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Visit the Taylor & Francis Web site at http://www.taylorandfrancis.com and the LEA Web site at http://www.erlbaum.com To Phred Frawley III, who welcomed me back. Contents Preface: From the Bayou to Boston: History of a Scandal xi Mary GailFrawley-O’Dea 1 Introduction: The Catholic Sexual Abuse Crisis: Gender, 1 Sex, Power, and Discourse VirginiaGoldner I: Predatory Priests 2 Abusive Priests: Who They Were and Were Not 21 Mary GailFrawley-O’Deaand VirginiaGoldner 3 Priests Who Sexualize Minors:Psychodynamic, 35 Characterological, and Clerical Considerations Gerald E.Kochanskyand Murray Cohen 4 A Love Addiction: Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with an 59 Offending Priest AndreaCelenza II: Victims and Survivors: The Clinical Picture 5 Can You Imagine? 73 Mary GailFrawley-O’Dea vii viii CONTENTS 6 Failed “Fathers,” Boys Betrayed 85 Richard B. Gartner III: Victims and Survivors: Survivor’s Stories 7 Surviving What I Know; Living Is What I Am Learning 103 Kathleen M.Dwyer 8 Severed Selves andUnbridgedTruths 111 Father M. 9 Sexual Abuse, Spiritual Formation, and Psychoanalysis 121 Tom Lewis IV: The Institutional Church and The Pastoral Church 10 How Could It Happen? An Analysis of the Catholic 139 Sexual Abuse Scandal The Reverend James Martin, S. J. 11 Clericalism and Catholic Clergy Sexual Abuse 147 The Reverend Thomas P. Doyle, O. P. 12 Clergy Sexual Misconduct: Episcopal and Roman 163 Catholic Clergy The Reverend Anne Richards 13 A Protestant Approach to Clergy Sexual Abuse 189 The Reverend Laurie J. Ferguson 14 Women Priests and Clergy Sexual Misconduct 195 The Reverend L.MurdockSmith 15 The Priestly Phallus: A Study in Iconography 203 Mary Gordon CONTENTS ix 16 Celibacy and Misogyny 213 Gillian Walker 17 The Confusion of Priestly Secrets 231 Mark D. Jordan About the Contributors 249 Author Index 253 Subject Index 257