Through the “Lens” of the Organizational 
Culture Perspective: 
A Descriptive Study of American Catholic 
Bishops’ Understanding of Clergy Sexual Molestation and Abuse of Children and 
Adolescents
 
 
 
 
 
to
The 
Law, Policy, and Society Program
 
 
In 
partial fulfillment of the requirements
for 
the degree of
 
Doctor 
of Philosophy
 
in 
the field of
 
 
Northeastern 
University
 Boston, 
Massachusetts
 
 
September 
1998
 
ã 
1998, Barbara Susan Balboni
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