lt lt The American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fourth Edition Text Revision DSM-IV-TR criteria for Pedophilia 302 2 are A Over a period of at least 6 months recurrent intense sexually arousing fantasies sexual urges or behaviors invol

The new John Jay Report on the causes and contexts of the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic church includes a finding that will probably surprise many observers.

A report prepared by researchers from New York rsquo s John Jay College of Criminal Justice on the abuse of children by Catholic priests in the United States offers a complex portrait of the reasons that led to the sexual assaults that will probably not satisfy anyone looking for simple answers or e

Our latest Web only article looks at the Byzantine Church s transition to a new liturgical translation The author the Rev Michael N Kane is pastor of a Byantine church in Florida and a professor at Florida Atlantic University Several years ago the Byzantine-Ruthenian Church in the United Stat

This weekend I was honored to be invited to deliver the Baccalaureate Address at the University of Pennsylvania my alma mater nbsp So I decided to tell the Class of 2011 a little about not taking themselves so seriously nbsp This is is a religious event so let me begin with a parable There s a

The National Research Council of the National Academies released a report on May 12 in another addition nbsp to the scientific consensus on the reality of climate change and the various hazards posed by the phenomenon According to the report the last in the ldquo America rsquo s Climate Choices r