Richard Sipe - Articles

In the Press

2005
Oct 2	Mercury News - Sex, lies & Priesthood
Oct 5	Sexual Abuse and the Celibate Myth
2004
June	Celibacy Is A Problem for Priests—And Laity Too
Feb 1	Declaration Re: Knowledge of Sexual Abuse & Activity within the Clerical System of the Roman Catholic Church
2003
March 1	Declaration Re: "The Formation Privilege"
Dec	The worst is yet to come (CTA News Volume 25, Number 3)
Dec 12	Cincinnati's 30 pieces of silver (National Catholic Reporter [NCR] - Letters to the Editor)
Sep/Oct	"Does the Church Really Care," Corpus Reports, September/October, 2003
June	"Abuse: From the Eye of the Storm," Bread Raising, June, 2003
2002
July 7	A Voice Suddenly Heard (Los Angeles Times Magazine)
Dec 10	Declaration Re: Loss of Faith
2001
April 6	Abused Nuns: Reaction, Problems cry out for reform (National Catholic Reporter)
2000
March 31	Perilous choice to ignore AIDS issue (National Catholic Reporter)
Oct 27	Priests still die of AIDS as church postpones needed dialogue (National Catholic Reporter) ▲ Top
1995
Oct 7	"Road Map and Road Blocks: The Seminarian’s Dilemma," The TABLET ( London ), October 7, 1995 , (p. 1276-1278)
Oct	"Achievement," Reflections on Celibacy series in Priestly People, Jemez Springs , New Mexico ,
Sept	"Celibate Spirituality—In Search of the Feminine Voice," Sisters Today, (p. 342-346)
Sept	"Transformation," Reflections on Celibacy series in Priestly People, Jemez Springs , New Mexico
Aug	"Integration," Reflections on Celibacy series in Priestly People, Jemez Springs , New Mexico
July	"Truth or Consequences," Reflections on Celibacy series in Priestly People, Jemez Springs , New Mexico
June	"How I should Have Loved," Reflections on Celibacy series in Priestly People, Jemez Springs , New Mexico
May	"Appropriate, Responsible, Mature," Reflections on Celibacy series in Priestly People, Jemez Springs , New Mexico
April	"After the Fall," Reflections on Celibacy series in Priestly People, Jemez Springs , New Mexico
March	"Authority and Power," Reflections on Celibacy series in Priestly People, Jemez Springs , New Mexico
Feb	"Loneliness," Reflections on Celibacy series in Priestly People, Jemez Springs , New Mexico
Jan	"Desire and Self Knowledge," Reflections on Celibacy series in Priestly People, Jemez Springs , New Mexico ▲ Top
1994
	"Celibacy: Nature and Grace," Reflections on Celibacy series in Priestly People, Jemez Springs , New Mexico , December 1994. "How to be Celibate," Reflections on Celibacy series in Priestly People, Jemez Springs , New Mexico , November 1994 "Priest sex abuse case stirs political storm in Ireland ," The National Catholic Reporter, December 2, 1994 , (p. 17). "The Problem of Sexual Trauma and Addiction in the Catholic Church," Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1994, (p. 130-137) "Celibacy and Power," The Tablet ( London ), November 26, 1994 , (p. 1504-1505) "Divine Justice: William F. Love's Bishop Regain and Harry Kemelman's Rabbi Small" (with B.C. Lamb) The Armchair Detective, Vol. 27: No. 1, winter, 1994 "Victims of Clergy Abuse Achieve Rightful Status," Bread Rising, Vol. 4: No. 1, 1994 ▲ Top
1993
	"A Step toward Prevention of Sexual Abuse," Human Development, Vol. 14: No. 4, 1993 (p. 27-28). "Clergy Sexual Abuse: The St. John's Initiative" St. John's Magazine, December, 1993. "To Enable Healing," The Natural Catholic Reporter, September 17, 1993 . "Celibacy and Imagery: 'Horror Story' in the Making," The National Catholic Reporter, July 2, 1993 . "Celibacy in Law and Life," Viewpoint, The Tablet ( London ), June 12, 1993 . "The Celibacy Question," The Tablet ( London ), June 5, 1993 , (p. 737-738). ▲ Top
1992
Oct 17	Sexual Abuse by priests...Why? Status Report 1992 (Chicago)
	"A House Built on Sand," Viewpoint, The Tablet ( London ), September 12, 1992 , (p. 1118). "Chesterton's Brown and Greeley 's Blackie," (with B.C. Lamb), Commonweal, August 14, 1992 , (p.18-25). "Double-Talk on Celibacy," The Tablet ( London ), May 16, 1992 , (p. 605-606). "Sex and Celibacy," The Tablet ( London ), May 9, 1992 , (p. 576-577). ▲ Top
1968-1991
	"Spirituality and Integrity," Fellowship of Prayer, Vol. 43, No. 6, December, 1991. "Education for Celibacy: An American Challenge," America , May 18, 1991 , (p. 539-548). " Newfoundland Report a Church Reform Manifesto," The National Catholic Reporter, September, 21, 1990 . "Outpatient Responses to Sexual Problems of Catholic Religious," The Bulletin of the National Guild of Catholic Psychiatrists, San Francisco , California , Vol. 32, 1988, (p. 42-45). "The Mental Health Institute at St. John's 1954-1984," The Scriptorium, Vol. 24, Collegeville , Minnesota , 1985. "The Psychological Dimensions of the Rule of St. Benedict," The American Benedictine Review, The American Benedictine Review, Inc., St. Benedict's Abbey, Atchison, Kansas, December, 1983, Vol. 34:4, (p. 424-435). "Memento Mori, Memento Vivere and the Rule of St. Benedict," The American Benedictine Review, North Central Publishing Co., St. Paul , Minnesota , Vol. XXV: 1, March, 1974, (p. 96-107). Introduction to Conflict in Community, Robert J. McAllister, M.D., St. John's University Press, pp. xiii-xv, 1969. "The Introduction of Psychiatry Into a Religious Setting," (with Ivan D. Junk, M.D.), The American Benedictine Review, North Central Publishing Col., St. Paul, Minnesota, Vol. XX:3, September, 1969, (p. 257-271). "The Celibate and Community Life," Sisters Today, Sentinel Publishing Co., Collegeville, Minnesota, Vol. 41:4, December, 1969, (p.206-210). "The Education of Religious: A Question of Goals," Sisters Today, Sentinel Publishing Co., Collegeville, Minnesota, Vol. 39:7, March, 1968, (p. 337-347). ▲ Top

Excerpt: The Problem of Prevention in Clergy Sexual Abuse

Excerpt: Clergy Abuse in Ireland