Joseph J. Guido

Rev. Joseph J. Guido is a psychology professor at Providence College and Roman Catholic priest who is noted for his documentary research on clerical [...] abuse cases.

Awareness of abuse

Guido surveyed superiors of a Catholic religious order and found that:

• In North America: 83 percent of the superiors reported being aware of an accusation of [...] abuse against one or more of their priests.
• In Latin America and the Caribbean, 43 percent .
• In Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America only one-third of the superiors reported being aware of such an accusation..

Cultural factors of abuse

In Jesuits' weekly America magazine Guido wrote that his "research suggests [...] that the [...] abuse of children by priests is a problem for the church everywhere." Guido further claimed, [...] abuse scandals unrevealed in the English-speaking world since 1980s cost church "hundreds of millions of dollars and immeasurable goodwill", though leading religious order officials outside the North America were "more likely to be aware of [...] misconduct by priests with adults, rather than children."

Publication hightlights

• Guido, J.J. (2005). Dark humors and soldier's heart: Understanding depression and its remedies. [Review of the book The Age of Melancholy by Dan Blazer]. PsycCritigues: APA Review of Books, 50 (30).
• Guido, J.J. (2005). Doing what therapists do: The art and science of the clinical interview [Review of the book Clinical and Diagnostic Interviewing]. PsyCritiques: APA Review of Books, 50 (11).
• Guido, J.J. (2004). On the couch and at the altar: Contemporary psychoanalysis and religion [Review of the book Minding Spirituality]. PsycCritiques: APA Review of Books, 49 (2).
• Guido, J.J. (2003). Factors other than celibacy and homosexuality foster child [...] abuse by priests. In L. Gerdes (Ed.), Child Abuse: Opposing Viewpoints (3rd EDition). San Diego, CA: Greenhaven/Thomson-Gale.
• Guido, J.J. (2002). The importance of perspective: Understanding the [...] abuse of children by priests. America, 186 (11), 21-23.
• Guido, J.J. (2001). College students and conversion: The sacramental context of Catholic higher education. America, 184 (3), 13-18.
• Guido, J.J. (1999). Beyond broken promises: Healing the wounds of [...] assault on campus. America, 181 (8), 12-15.
• Guido, J.J. (1997). Schooling the soul: A psychological perspective on the implicit theology of Roman Catholic candidates for ministry. Toronto: Regis