Abuse in the Latin American Church

Introduction Part 1: Abuses by Country 1. Argentina 2. Brazil 3.Chile 4.Ecuador 5.Mexico 6.Peru 7.Uruguay Part 2: The Abuse Crisis, its Origin and the Institutional Answer 8. Clericalism in its Latin-American Variant 9. Celibacy and the Ecclesial Conception of Physical Suffering 10. The Silence of Victims and Networks of Secrecy 11. Relevance and Meaning of the International Reports on Abuse: An Inescapable Challenge for the Reform of the Catholic Church Part 3: Abuses in Religious Institutions: Congregations, New Religious Movements and Parishes 12. Priests Abusing Sisters, and Abuses in Women’s Religious Orders/Congregations 13. Sodalitium Christianae Vitae: The Much-Publicized Scandal of Sexual and Power Abuse in the Peruvian Catholic Church 14. The Karadima Case in Chile: Ecclesial Crisis Due to Abuses 15. From the Comunidad de Jerusalem to Las Misioneras de Cristo Resucitado: Abuse, Trial, Expulsion from the Country, and Resilience in a Religious Community Founded in Uruguay 16. Abusive Dynamics and Institutional Systems Prone to Abuse in Charismatic Communities Founded in Europe with Strong Roots in Latin America 17. Abuses in Parishes: The Case of a Peruvian Parish in a Suburban Poor Area Part 4: Victims’ Resilience 18. From Victims to Survivors: Assessing Victims’ Suffering 19. Reparation, Restorative Justice and Both the Subjective and Social Need for Truth, Recognition and Justice Commissions in Latin-America 20. New Ecclesial Deal: Preventing Abuses in the Latin American Church