Agony in the garden
Subtitle: sex, lies, and redemption from the troubled heart of the American Catholic Church
By: John Van Der Zee.
Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press/Nation Books; Distributed by Publishers Group West
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Clergy -- Sexual behavior.; Catholic Church -- Discipline.; Church -- Authority.; Child sexual abuse by clergy.; Sex -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Description: "A charismatic bishop with a secret life ... His con-man cleric sexual toy ... A monsignor who founded a youth camp that he used as a stalking ground for boys ... A financial house of cards erected by a priest-entrepreneur, using diocesan funds to operate a de facto bank ... A powerful family whose patriarch helped introduce a system of censorship that affected American movies for thirty years ..." "Welcome to the diocese of Santa Rosa, California. Before the Boston ecclesiastical meltdown, before the Enron corporate collapse, came a crisis combining the most startling and intriguing elements of both." "Agony in the Garden reads like a thriller presenting an amazing and appalling story of high-level moral and financial chicanery, involving a remarkable cast of characters, and the struggle of outraged victims, nuns, laity and priests to find justice. Told with discernment available only through reflection over time and in-depth research and reporting, Agony in the Garden offers a cry from the troubled heart of the contemporary American Catholic Church. And the promise of what needs to be done to heal it."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-261) and index.