The consequences of the sexual-abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church in the United States continue to unfold. On the surface, the crisis is about sex. Beneath the surface, the crisis is about the church’s teaching authority. The crisis of the last year and a half is only the most dramatic example of how questions about authority and sexual morality have become inte (...)
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Sex, Women & The Church
The need for prophetic change
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