Moral friends can help each other create a more humans, just, and ethical world
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2004
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Abstract
This article examines the clergy sexual abuse crisis in the Roman Catholic Church from an ethical point of view. The article uses the RRICC values model of ethical decision making (i.e., responsibility, respect, integrity, competence, concern) to review the behavior of Catholic bishops and other religious superiors as they have tried to manage clergy sex offenders and their victims. Hopefully, the recent press attention and resulting policy changes on these matters from the U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops will increase the chances that future decisions will be ethical ones.
Recommended Citation
Plante, T. G. (2004). Moral friends can help each other create a more humans, just, and ethical world. Ethics and Behavior, 14, 84-87 (Invited paper).
