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The Corrupter of Boys: Sodomy, Scandal, and the Medieval Clergy

By Dyan Elliott

Book information

Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Year
2020
ISBN
9780812297485
DOI
10.9783/9780812297485
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2459807 bytes)
Pages
448\382
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-26 19:00:16

Description

Dyan Elliott demonstrates how scandal-averse policies in conjunction with the requirement of clerical celibacy resulted in the widespread sexual abuse of boys from late antiquity through the later Middle Ages, and argues that the same clerical prerogatives and strategies for the cover-up of abuse remain in place today.Dyan Elliott demonstrates how scandal-averse policies in conjunction with the requirement of clerical celibacy resulted in the widespread sexual abuse of boys from late antiquity through the later Middle Ages, and argues that the same clerical prerogatives and strategies for the cover-up of abuse remain in place today.

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