Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy: How the Crisis Changed US Catholic Church-State Relations

Formicola, Jo Renee

The book discusses the changing relationship between American Catholic Bishops and civil authorities in the United States, as civil authority has eclipsed traditional Catholic ecclesiastical privilege and clerical exemption resulting from the hierarchical mismanagement and cover-up of clerical sexual abuse in the United States.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2014-10-02

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349480746

DOI: 10.1057/9781137381644

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 279