Contents:
Part I – Essential Facts: Psychosexual Development
Chapter 1 – Sex and Sexuality: Everything You Need to Know
- Sex and Sexuality
- Sexual and Gender Development
- Intimacy and Sexuality
- Sexual and Gender Orientations
- Sexual Difficulties and Disorders
Chapter 2 – The Process of Psychosexual Development
- Psychosexual Development Yesterday
- An Integrative Model of Psychosexual Development
- Some Basic Premises
- Predisposing Factors
- Factors and Dysfunction by Developmental Stage
- Psychosexual Development in Three Priests
- Inevitability or Choice?
Chapter 3 – Sexuality, Intimacy, and Celibacy
- A Context for Thinking about Intimacy
- Types of Intimacy
- Levels and Styles of Intimacy
- Barriers to Intimacy
- Intimacy, Sexuality, Celibacy, and Spirituality
Part II – Essential Facts: Sexual Misconduct
Chapter 4 – Determinants of Ministry Health and Sexual Misconduct
- Four Determinants
- Minister
- Organizational Dynamics
- Ministry Assignment
- Relational Dynamics
Chapter 5 – Abusiveness and Sexual Misconduct
- Abusiveness in Ministry
- Development of the Abusive Pattern
- Recognizing the Abusive Pattern
- Dealing with the Abusive Pattern in Ministry Settings
Chapter 6 – Narcissism, Sexuality, and Sexual Misconduct
- Narcissism and Sexual Misconduct
- Psychological Dynamics
- Religious and Spiritual Dynamics
- Sexual Dynamics
Chapter 7 – Priest Sexual Misconduct with Children, Adolescents, and Adults
- Background Information and Considerations
- Disorder, Immorality, or Crime?
- Sexual Misconduct in Priests: A Vulnerability Model
- Typology of Priests Engaging in Sexual Misconduct
- An Analysis of the Cases of Sexual Misconduct
Part III – Pressing Sexual Issues
Chapter 8 – Selecting Suitable Candidates for the Priesthood
- Psychological Assessment in the Screening Process
- Assessment of Sexual History and Psychosexual Development
- An Integrative Approach to Assessment
- Patterns Indicative of Sexual Misconduct of Minors
Chapter 9 – Homosexuality and the Priesthood
- Ideology
- Science
- Compassion
- Science and Ideology in the Homosexuality Debate
- Compassion and the Debate
Chapter 10 – Decisions about Removing Priests from Active Ministry and Fitness for Ministry
- Decisions Regarding Removal from Ministry
- Application of the Criteria to the Case Examples
- Decisions Regarding Fitness for Ministry
- Moral, Spiritual, and Psychological Ideals in Ministry
- Criteria for Ministry Fitness/Unfitness
- Ministry Impairment Compared to Unfitness for Ministry
Chapter 11 – Preventing Sexual Misconduct in Ministry
- Visionary Leadership in Ministry
- Types of Responses to the Sexual Misconduct Crisis
- Visionary Leadership and Preventing Sexual Misconduct
- Strategies for Prevention of Sexual Misconduct