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Mortal Sins: Sex, Crime, and the Era of Catholic Scandal
By Michael D'Antonio
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press.
Reviewed by Joseph A. Slobodzian
Sunday, June 23, 2013

"D'Antonio shows how Doyle sent the report to every Catholic bishop in the United States and was encouraged to present it to the conference of bishops in 1985."

"At the last moment, D'Antonio writes, Doyle is told his report will not be presented at the conference, and he begins to notice a cold shoulder from bishops and church bureaucrats who had encouraged him in the beginning."

"D'Antonio, however, is not optimistic about what he calls the church's "scandal without end." He notes that even as his book neared publication, the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, under court order, released more than 12,000 pages of documents that showed Cardinal Roger Mahony's direct involvement in efforts to shield priest child-abusers from prosecution."
http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20130623_The_story_behind_the_church_sex-abuse_scandal.html

Mortal Sins: Sex, Crime, and the Era of Catholic Scandal
by Michael D'Antonio
http://www.amazon.com/Mortal-Sins-Crime-Catholic-Scandal/dp/0312594895/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1372889856&sr=8-1&keywords=Sex%2C+Crime%2C+and+the+Era+of+Catholic+Scandal

Report documents eight decades of Capuchin province's poor handling of sex abuse
National Catholic Reporter ^ | Jun. 18, 2013 | Joshua J. McElwee

"One of the report's major findings, Doyle told NCR, is the "detrimental and deadly role that lawyers for the church played" in prioritizing the province's protection of clerics instead of reaching out to victims."
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1 posted on 07/03/2013 3:46:20 PM PDT by haffast
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To: haffast
Money laundering, homosexual sex scandals in the Vatican, bankruptcy fraud in Milwaukee.....the shoes just keep on dropping.
2 posted on 07/03/2013 4:24:16 PM PDT by count-your-change (you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough)
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To: haffast
Most of the people who attend many Churches are white haired.

They failed to pass the faith on to the next generation and eventually the nice old church lady who gives big donations eventually dies.

4 posted on 07/03/2013 5:46:56 PM PDT by ClaytonP
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