A People Adrift
The Crisis of the Roman Catholic Church in America
Peter Steinfels
Steinfels Peter, A People Adrift: The Crisis of the Roman Catholic Church in America Paperback. NY, Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2004.
Clericalism
The Death of Priesthood
George B. Wilson
Wilson S.J., George, Clericalism, the Death of the Priesthood. Collegeville, Liturgical Pres, 2008.
Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church
Reclaiming the Spirit of Jesus
Bishop Geoffrey Robinson
Bishop Robinson, Geoffrey, Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church : Reclaiming the Spirit of Jesus. Collegeville, Liturgical Press, 2007.
Constantine's Sword
The Church and the Jews
James Carroll
Carroll, James, Constantine’s Sword: The Church and the Jews. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2001.
No Future Without Forgiveness
"In its sober depiction and searing indictment of evil and in its never-maudlin advocay of love, this is a masterpiece." - Kirkus Reviews
Bishop Desmond Tutu
Bishop Tutu, Desmond, No Future without Forgiveness. NY, Doubleday, 2000.
Sex, Priests and Secret Codes
The Catholic Church's 7,000 Year Paper Trail of Sexual Abuse
Thomas P. Doyle, A.W. Richard Sipe, and Patrick J. Wall
Doyle, Thomas P. and Sipe, Richard, et al. Sex, Priests and Secret Codes. Los Angeles, Volt Press, 2006.
Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church
A Decade of Crisis, 2002-2012
Thomas G. Plante, Kathleen L. McChesney
Plante, T. and McChesney Kathleen, ed., Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church: A Decade of Crisis, 2002-2012. Santa Barbara, CA., Praeger Press, 2011.
What Paul Meant
Author of What Jesus Meant and, Heart and Heart: American Christianities
Garry Wills
Wills, Garry, What Paul Meant. NY, Viking Penguin, 2006.
Spotlight
This Academy Award Best Picture film chronicles the true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered a decades-long cover-up of child abuse within the local Boston Catholic Archdiocese. 2015
Sex Crimes of the Vatican
Created in 1962, a now infamous document was issued in secret to bishops. Called Crimen Sollicitationis, it outlined procedures to be followed by bishops when dealing with allegations of child abuse, homosexuality and bestiality by members of the clergy. It swore all parties involved to secrecy on pain of excommunication from the Catholic Church.
Deliver Us From Evil
2006 Academy Award Nominee Best Documentary Feature Film. Moving from one parish to another in Northern California during the 1970s, Father Oliver O'Grady quickly won each congregation's trust and respect. Unknown to them, O'Grady was a dangerously active pedophile.
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
A shocking documentary focusing on the molestation of boys at a school for the deaf in Milwaukee by Roman Catholic priests. 2012
Sex Abuse in the Church: Code of Silence
Secret internal documents reveal how Catholic Church officials protect priests accused of pedophilia and sexual abuse by moving them from country to country, sometimes as far away as Africa. 2017
