From its quiet inception in 1988, to a hailstorm of statewide and national controversy over thirty years later, this bookfollows the development of public discourse regarding a clergy sexual abuse scandal in a small Catholic Diocese in Central Pennsylvania. Weaving together the evolving local and national narratives, it offers a striking account of how stakeholder rhetoric has influenced public perception of the Catholic abuse crisis in America, and driven public actions. While the book enriches our local knowledge of the tragic--and ongoing--cultural trauma...
From its quiet inception in 1988, to a hailstorm of statewide and national controversy over thirty years later, this bookfollows ...
