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The pattern of behavior shown by Jesuit leadership in the management of at least one current high-profile scandal has centuries of institutional practice behind it. That’s according to one prominent historian, Ulrich Lehner of the University of Notre Dame, who has just published a German-language study of the Jesuits’ historical handling of abuse in their ranks.
In a broad-ranging conversation with Crux in March, Lehner explained that in fact, what may appear to be a relatively recent development in the life of the Church is really the current chapter in a crisis, the roots of which go down through the last several centuries and almost certainly even further.
“This isn’t a crisis that began in the 1960s,” Lehner told Crux, “far from it.”
Lehner is the William K. Warren Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, In. An expert in the history of Christianity from 1500 to the present, Lehner has authored or co-authored more than a dozen books ranging both academic and popular, including a 2022 volume on The Inner Life of Catholic Reform: From the Council of Trent to the Enlightenment.
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In a broad-ranging conversation with Crux in March, Lehner explained that in fact, what may appear to be a relatively recent development in the life of the Church is really the current chapter in a crisis, the roots of which go down through the last several centuries and almost certainly even further.
“This isn’t a crisis that began in the 1960s,” Lehner told Crux, “far from it.”
Lehner is the William K. Warren Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, In. An expert in the history of Christianity from 1500 to the present, Lehner has authored or co-authored more than a dozen books ranging both academic and popular, including a 2022 volume on The Inner Life of Catholic Reform: From the Council of Trent to the Enlightenment.
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New book explores deep roots of Jesuit role in current crisis
The pattern of behavior shown by Jesuit leadership in the management of at least one current high-profile scandal has centuries of institutional practice behind it.
