hie·ro·pho·bi·a -- n. 

1.  The fear of priests.

Eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven: Women, Sexuality, and the Catholic Church by Uta Ranke-Heinemann

This international bestseller -- condemned by New York's Cardinal O'Connor who, without reading it, likened it to "scrawling dirty words about the church on bathroom walls" -- is a definitive, richly documented report on the oppression of women and sexuality in the Catholic Church. (Read More)

When Women Were Priests by Karen Torjesen, Stuart J. Murphy