Abuses in the religious life and the path to healing / Dom Dysmas de Lassus.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Lassus, Dysmas de, author.

Standardized Title:

• Risques et derives de la vie religieuse. English

Language:

• English
• French

Subjects (All):

• Monastic and religious life.
• Monasticism and religious orders--Government.
• Abuse of administrative power.
• Authority--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
• Psychological abuse--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
• Sexual abuse victims--Catholic Church.
• Christian leadership--Catholic Church.
• Monasticism and religious orders--Common life.
• Spiritual life--Catholic Church.
• Religious life.
• Vocation, Ecclesiastical.
• Vocation--Catholic Church.

Physical Description:

xiii, 305 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester, NH : Sophia Institute Press, [2023]

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Contents:

• Foreword / by Mgr. José Rodriguez Carballo
• Preface
• Translator's acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Passionate love
• How sect-like behavior becomes established
• Charism and institution
• The common life
• The relationship with the outside world
• Obedience (and particularly the third degree of obedience)
• Ascesis and renunciation
• Spiritual companionship
• Spiritual abuse
• Sexual abuse
• Victims
• Some elements of reform and prevention
• An understated beauty
• Conclusion
• Appendix: Testimony of a young woman attracted by the religious life
• About the author.

Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references.
• Original edition: Risques et derives de la vie religieuse (Paris: Les Editions du Cerf, 2020).

ISBN:

• 9781644135341
• 1644135345

OCLC:

1396767750