Books by Anson Shupe

Investigates clergy misconduct as it has unfolded across five faith-based groups. Looking at episodes of abuse in the Roman Catholic, Mormon, African American Protestant, white Evangelical Protestant, and First Nations communities, this work tackles hard questions about the sexual abuse of women and children.

Anson Shupe is a sociologist who has studied extensively the problem of clergy (priests, ministers, rabbis, gurus) who take advantage sexually or financially of members of their churches and groups-from televangelists like Jim Bakker or Robert Tilton to the infamous Father James Porter who sexually molested at least 200 children.

Presents an analysis of sexual, economic, and authoritative clergy malfeasance across faiths and denominational authority structures. Drawing on examples taken from antiquity onwards, and also using reports by historians, theologians, and journalists, this work critically evaluates clergy deviant behavior, dividing it into various types.