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Addressing a core concern raised by the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church, Richard Sipe explores the confusion, conflicts, and imprecision surrounding our current understanding of the meaning of celibacy. As the words 'celibate' and 'celibacy' are bandied about from Rome to Dublin to Boston, careful definitions and distinctions need to be drawn to deal effectively with the issues involved. Never before has it been so important to analyze the meaning of these words; even at the highest levels of the Church, an adequate vocabulary for discourse is lacking.
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