Based on social research and the author's expert knowledge, this work starts with the problem of child abuse by priests and examines the background to understanding the situation: patterns of adjustment to celibacy; power and the system; priests and women; AIDS; priests who suffer; priests who succeed; and the Christian experience. This work is intended for all concerned with sexual counselling and with pastoral care of the clergy. Richard Sipe is a Baltimore psychiatrist and former Benedictine priest. He is married and works as a family therapist. In researching this book he talked with over 1000 priests and 500 lay people.