@article{ref1,
title="Generativity and the U.S. Roman Catholic bishops' responses to priests' sexual abuse of minors",
journal="Journal of religion and health",
year="2010",
author="McGrath-Merkle, Clare",
volume="49",
number="1",
pages="73-86",
abstract="In this article, Erik Erikson's and subsequent researchers' ideas on generativity are applied to &quot;the clerical abuse crisis,&quot; in which 111 U.S. Roman Catholic bishops protected priests rather than safeguard children. The goal was to discover what psychological dispositions led bishops to act in the manner they did. A case is made that pre-existing tendencies coupled with an all-male, celibate environment and formation indoctrination led to deficits in psychological development, moral judgment and leadership capacity, revealing an Episcopal subculture characterized by pseudo-speciation and authoritism.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-4197",
doi="10.1007/s10943-009-9288-0",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10943-009-9288-0"
}