Revisiting the Theology of Clericalism

Eric Hodgens, retired Melbourne priest, asks how we might construct church leadership in a changed world. 

Clericalism is on everyone’s lips. The pope decries it. Australia’s Royal Commission judged it a major factor contributing to child sex abuse by priests. Some bishops have joined the chorus denouncing it, even though other bishops resentfully bite their tongues.

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