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Sexuality and the Catholic Priesthood: The 'Chaste' Caste book cover

1st Edition

Sexuality and the Catholic Priesthood The 'Chaste' Caste

By Marco Marzano Copyright 2025
120 Pages
by Routledge

120 Pages
by Routledge

120 Pages
by Routledge
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Based on interviews with Roman Catholic seminarians, priests and former priests, as well as with managers of seminaries, teaching staff, psychologists and psychiatrists, this book considers the lives of the clergy, beginning with the period before entering the seminary. With attention to both heterosexual and homosexual relationships – and so addressing the tension that exists between Catholic... Read more

Acknowledgements

 

1        THE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ROOTS OF A RESEARCH PROJECT: THE MYSTERY OF CLERICAL SEXUALITY

2        IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH: THE STORY OF A CHALLENGING ENQUIRY

3        CATHOLIC PRIESTHOD AND PASTORAL POWER: AN UNBREAKABLE UNION

4        CHASTITY AND SACRALITY IN CATHOLICISM: THE CELIBACY OF THE CATHOLIC CLERGY

5        MANUFACTURING “GOD'S MEN”: THE TASK OF THE CATHOLIC SEMINARS

6        SEMINARS AS TOTAL INSTITUTIONS

7        PERSONAL IDENTITY AND CLERCIAL VOCATION: WHO GOES INTO A SEMINARY TODAY?

8        OBSESSION AND GUILT: SEMINARIANS’ TROUBLED SEX LIVES

9        HOMOPHOBIA AND HOMOPHILIA IN THE SEMINARIES: TWO FACES OF A SINGLE COIN

10      HOMOSEXUALITY IN THE SEMINARIES - PAIN, DENIAL AND CYNICISM

11      RARE BIRDS IN THE SEMINARIES: THE CHALLENGING LIVES OF HETEROSEXUAL STUDENTS

12      THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM: SECRETS, DENIAL AND LIES IN THE TRAINING OF THE CATHOLIC CLERGY

13      A FREE FOR ALL. THE SEX LIVES OF HETEROSEXUAL PRIESTS

14      EMOTIONAL NEEDS AND UNBRIDLED SEX: THE HOMOSEXUAL CLERGY

15            CLERICAL LIES AND PUBLIC WELFARE

 

     

      Bibliography

      TRANSLATED FROM ITALIAN BY ISABELLE JOHNSON.

Biography

Marco Marzano is Full Professor of Sociology at the University of Bergamo, Italy.

“Marzano insists that his work is scientific and ethical, not political; he has no intention of attempting to suggest reforms for the Church—instead, “The point is that the lies revolving around the life of the Catholic clergy are no longer sustainable or cultural acceptable… [I] devote myself to intellectual honesty and to the task of revealing an uncomfortable truth to those with no intention of listening to it” (p. 13). In an era plagued by threats to academic freedom from vested interests, this broader mission is an admirable one to which Sexuality and the Catholic Priesthood is a very worthy contribution.”

Lukas Szrot, Symbolic Interaction

 

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