Determining the Limits of the Rhetoric of Apology: The Sexual Abuse Crisis in Ireland’s Catholic Church

This essay examines the complex rhetorical challenges confronting a Catholic religious order as it attempts to apologize for the abuse of minors by its members. Using key elements of traditional studies in apologia and more contemporary research dealing with official or community-based apologies, th...

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Main Author: McCurrie, Matthew Kilian (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Common Ground Publishing 2012
In: The international journal of religion and spirituality in society
Year: 2012, Volume: 2, Issue: 1, Pages: 35-46
Further subjects:B Apology
B Reconciliation
B Rhetoric
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