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A gospel of shame : children, sexual abuse and the Catholic Church

A gospel of shame : children, sexual abuse and the Catholic Church

Book 1993

Over the past few years, a relentless crescendo of revelations about Catholic priests molesting children has riveted the nation's attention and raised urgent, previously unthinkable questions: Just how widespread is child sexual abuse by Catholic clergy? Why hasn't the Catholic Church done more to stop it? In A Gospel of Shame, authors Elinor Burkett and Frank Bruni provide the answers, which turn out to be infuriating and heartbreaking, difficul...