The John Jay College report on the “causes and context” of the sexual-abuse crisis in the U.S. Catholic Church frequently takes the news media to task. Journalists focused on bishops who were slow to respond to victims, “perpetuating the image” that the bishops as a group were unresponsive, according to the report. The media mistakenly referred to priest-abusers as pedo (...)
September 09, 2011
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Render Unto RomeThe Secret Life of Money in the Catholic Church Jason BerryCrown, $25, 432 pp.
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