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The church that forgot Christ

Author: Jimmy Breslin; Al Redmond
Publisher: Toronto : CNIB, 2005.
Edition/Format:   Audiobook on Cassette : Cassette recording : EnglishView all editions and formats
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When the recent church sex scandals emerged, and when it became apparent that these scandals had been covered up by the church hierarchy, the author visited many victims of molestation by priests and found lives in emotional chaos. He questioned the bishops and found an ossified clergy that has a sense of privilege and entitlement. Disillusioned with his church, though not with his faith, he writes about the loss of  Read more...
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Material Type: Audio book, etc.
Document Type: Sound Recording
All Authors / Contributors: Jimmy Breslin; Al Redmond
ISBN: 0743266471 9780743266475 0616251653 9780616251652
OCLC Number: 317823015
Notes: Read by Al Redmond.
Male reader.
Description: 7 sound cassettes (9 hrs., 39 min.) in 1 container : 4.75 cms, 2 track, mono.
Responsibility: by Jimmy Breslin.

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With sadness and rage, Breslin writes about the sex scandals within the priesthood of the roman Catholic Church and the apparent cover-up of those scandals by the church hierarchy.  Read more...

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Mario Cuomo former New York Governor An anguished and stunningly real "cri de coeur" by a forever Christian, badly wounded by the church's betrayal of the religion he clings to. Brilliantly written Read more...

 
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