Catholic clergy sexual abuse meets the civil law. From: Fordham Urban Law Journal | Date: January 1, 2004| Author: Doyle, Thomas P.; Rubino, Stephen C. | COPYRIGHT 2004 Fordham Urban Law Journal. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

I. OVERVIEW OF THE PROBLEM

In 1984, the Roman Catholic Church began to experience the complex and highly embarrassing problem of clergy sexual misconduct in the United States. Within months of the first public case emerging in Lafayette, Louisiana, it was clear that this problem was not geographically isolated, nor a minuscule exception. (1) Instances of clergy sexual misconduct surfaced with increasing notoriety. Bishops, the leaders of the United States Catholic dioces...

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