Scandal-averse policies have enabled the widespread sexual abuse of boys and male adolescents within the Church.
Tag: clerical sexuality
The Manly Priest: Celibacy, Masculinity, and Reform in the Medieval Period
The story of the imposition of clerical celibacy in the Anglo-Norman realms.
The Bishop’s New Stockings, or The Dangers of Love Magic
Love magic posed a real danger to medieval people, especially the clergy.