UNITED STATES
CBS Philly
By John Ostapkovich
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — It’s a story we know all too well in Philadelphia, but a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist has now put the whole Catholic priest sex scandal in one volume.
Mortal Sins (Sex, Crime and the Era of Catholic Scandal) is not simply a crime blotter but a sweeping tale of an institution seeing its towering moral authority threatening to crumble.
“The shocking thing is that this has gone on for so long,” says author Michael D’Antonio. “This is three decades of horror stories.””
D’Antonio’s focus shifts from Rome to Washington to towns across the US (including Philadelphia) and Europe, from meetings of top church officials to the anguished voices of victims.
In the end, D’Antonio says, this is a story of hope.
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