- Hardcover: 353 pages
- Publisher: James Bennett Pty Ltd (Jan 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0743244419
- ISBN-13: 978-0743244411
- Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 16.1 x 2.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,358,897 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you need more facts before you make a judgement this book may be right for you.
It doesn't make easy read, though. There is a lot of names and localities, many dramatic stories but it is written with awkward language, probably contaminated by legalism (professional background of the authors). It is a document and not fiction.
I didn't mention the topic - it presents a discovery of child abuse by the catholic clergy in America.
It leaves many leads unfinished. It doesn't deliver on advertised involvement of the pope JPII and cardinal Dziwisz but shows implications of the present pope Benedict.
Summarising - worth reading if you are after the truth.
It doesn't make easy read, though. There is a lot of names and localities, many dramatic stories but it is written with awkward language, probably contaminated by legalism (professional background of the authors). It is a document and not fiction.
I didn't mention the topic - it presents a discovery of child abuse by the catholic clergy in America.
It leaves many leads unfinished. It doesn't deliver on advertised involvement of the pope JPII and cardinal Dziwisz but shows implications of the present pope Benedict.
Summarising - worth reading if you are after the truth.
1 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Highly recommended ........ brilliant read ........ a must read for all Catholics and for all non-Catholics too ........
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111 of 123 people found the following review helpful
A Gift to the Church
28 Feb 2004
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I lived in a rectory with Father Juan Vaca, a major character in this book, 15 years ago. He poured his heart out to me about the abuse he now describes and was wounded to the heart. Those who love the church love the truth, this book tells the truth. I hope it is a beginning of a cleansing of our church and the replacement of a sick clerical culture with true gospel values. We priests must demand integrity of our leaders, it is the only way to restore the good name of the church. I would like to thank the authors, and especially Father Thomas Doyle who have helped to bring the cleansing light of day to this dark moment in the history of our church. I couln't put it down.
87 of 96 people found the following review helpful
An insider's view
10 May 2004
Format:Hardcover
It may seem strange that one of the subjects of "Vows of Silence" writes a review, but the book is far too important to pass up this opportunity. Besides, the Legion of Christ has front-loaded the net with its own reviews.
Apart from the information about me (Doyle),which is 99% accurate, the only inaccuracies being very minor, the immense value of this book is the fact that it courageously uncovers the dishonesty of the Legion of Christ and its sexually abusing founder/leader. Catholics from the Vatican on down to the pews are duped by this outfit. Berry and Renner dug deep into the inner workings of the Catholic Church's strange governing world and found corruption. Many people, lay and clergy, are not able to handle what they found, but find it they did. The Church, Catholics and secular society are much better off because of the honest and detailed rendition of the bizarre story of this cultish organization. If men and women of integrity look for reasons for the senselessness of the church's response to the sex abuse crisis, they will find some valuable and shocking answers in this book. The blindness and the denial of justice starts at the top. Thomas Doyle
Apart from the information about me (Doyle),which is 99% accurate, the only inaccuracies being very minor, the immense value of this book is the fact that it courageously uncovers the dishonesty of the Legion of Christ and its sexually abusing founder/leader. Catholics from the Vatican on down to the pews are duped by this outfit. Berry and Renner dug deep into the inner workings of the Catholic Church's strange governing world and found corruption. Many people, lay and clergy, are not able to handle what they found, but find it they did. The Church, Catholics and secular society are much better off because of the honest and detailed rendition of the bizarre story of this cultish organization. If men and women of integrity look for reasons for the senselessness of the church's response to the sex abuse crisis, they will find some valuable and shocking answers in this book. The blindness and the denial of justice starts at the top. Thomas Doyle
65 of 72 people found the following review helpful
A Tale of Two Priests
4 Dec 2004
Format:Hardcover
I wish I had read this book earlier when the clergy abuse scandal was in the headlines. This "Tale of Two Cities" - that of God and that of man - could really have been entitled "A Tale of Two Priests." Jason Berry and Gerald Renner tell the story of two men of the cloth, Thomas Doyle and Marcel Maciel - one a lonely advocate for victims of sexual abuse, the other credibly charged with being a serial sexual abuser - and the surprising fate that the Catholic Church under John Paul II has reserved for them. The courageous pastor to the marginalized is himself marginalized, moved from assignment to assignment, each time farther and farther from centers of influence; the cowardly child molester receives accolade upon accolade and is all but canonized while he's still alive. Fortunately for both - and for all of us - there's a life to come with judgment.
This book is well-researched and clearly written. It deserves a wide readership.
This book is well-researched and clearly written. It deserves a wide readership.
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