Bishops behaving badly: Ethical considerations regarding the clergy abuse crisis in the Roman Catholic Church

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-73

  Plante, Thomas G ^a   Koocher, Gerald P ^b  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bishops; Catholic Church; Clergy sexual abuse; Ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 6344249252     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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