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Title: Recommended reading for both Catholic clergy and laity
Review: Deftly written by Donald Cozzens (a Catholic priest and teacher of religious studies at John Carroll University), Sacred Silence: Denial And The Crisis In The Church is an unflinching examination of the Catholic Church and its current troubles that even as this review is written has resulted in the removal of the American Archbishop Cardinal Bernard Law from his post. Addressing not only issues of sexual abuse allegations, Sacred Silence expands into the question of why the church is so controlling, and how it needs to change to become more responsive to the people it serves worldwide. Sacred Silence is very strongly recommended reading for both Catholic clergy and laity, as well as non-Catholics with an interest the administrative and public relations problems of clerical misconduct to wreak upon their own religious communities and institutions.
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