Vows of silence : the abuse of power in the papacy of John Paul II / Jason Berry and Gerald Renner.
2004
282.09049 B534v 2004
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Title
Vows of silence : the abuse of power in the papacy of John Paul II / Jason Berry and Gerald Renner.
Author
ISBN
0743244419
9780743244411
9780743244411
Imprint
New York ; London : Free Press, ©2004.
Language
English
Description
viii, 353 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Call Number
282.09049 B534v 2004
System Control No.
(OCoLC)53462027
(OCoLC)53462027
(OCoLC)53462027
Summary
Berry and Renner follow the trail of evasions and deceit that leads directly to the Vatican--and taints the legacy of Pope John Paul II. Based on more than six years of investigative reporting and hundreds of interviews, this book is an account of Vatican cover-ups and the tumult they have caused in the church worldwide. The book reveals an agenda of top-down control under John Paul II and a hierarchy so obsessed with secrecy as to spawn disinformation. This is not a book about sexual abuse; it is a book about abuse of power, throughout the Vatican. The book cuts between the life story of Father Tom Doyle, who sacrificed a diplomatic career with the Vatican to seek justice for sex-abuse victims, and Father Marcial Maciel, an accused pedophile and founder of the militaristic religious order, the Legion of Christ. One of the most mysterious and powerful men in the Catholic Church, Maciel has built a network of priests, lay people, and elite prep schools in more than twenty countries, using the Legion as a fundraising machine to position himself as a favored figure of John Paul II. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Father Doyle and with ex-Legionaries who filed a canonical suit against Maciel, as well as interviews with Vatican insiders and an array of sources in Mexico, Ireland, Canada, and Australia, the authors provide a penetrating account of a hierarchy directly in conflict with its followers.--Publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-336) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
The Odyssey of Thomas Doyle
To Be a Priest
Evidence of Things Unsaid
Exile and Renewal
A Time of Solidarity
Pope John Paul II Breaks His Silence
Memories of the Cardinal
The Rise of the Legion of Christ
Evangelism by Stealth
Myth of the Founder
The War Against Internal Enemies
The Legion's Defense of Father Maciel
In the Vatican Courts
Witnesses for the People of God
Religious Duress
Orthodoxy and Deception
The Legion's American Battles
A Vatican of Naked Truths.
To Be a Priest
Evidence of Things Unsaid
Exile and Renewal
A Time of Solidarity
Pope John Paul II Breaks His Silence
Memories of the Cardinal
The Rise of the Legion of Christ
Evangelism by Stealth
Myth of the Founder
The War Against Internal Enemies
The Legion's Defense of Father Maciel
In the Vatican Courts
Witnesses for the People of God
Religious Duress
Orthodoxy and Deception
The Legion's American Battles
A Vatican of Naked Truths.
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Online version: Berry, Jason. Vows of silence. New York : Free Press, ©2004
Online version: Berry, Jason. Vows of silence. New York : Free Press, ©2004
Online version: Berry, Jason. Vows of silence. New York : Free Press, ©2004
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