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The Rev. Thomas Donovan, “is suffering from a psychological condition that manifests itself in self-bondage as a response to stress.”   RNS photo courtesy Shutterstock.com.

Catholic bishop tries to explain how a priest ended up in ‘self-bondage’

Tim Townsend | Jan 28, 2013

There are signs that a younger generation of Catholic leaders have learned lessons from the last decade and are attempting to be as open as possible when a crisis comes to their diocese. Yet in the case of a priest diagnosed with “non-sexual self-bondage,” that desire for transparency may have produced a response that caused more harm than good.

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