Description |
323 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents |
Prologue -- Part I: St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, patron saint of stonemasons, 1994-96. Audition -- An actor prepares -- Acting is believing -- Freeing the natural voice -- Genesis -- A place at the table -- By way of the heart -- Confessions -- The cloud of unknowing -- Urgent longings -- In praise of folly -- The seven storey mountain -- Part II: St. Pius X, Pope, patron saint of first communicants and pilgrims, 1996-98. The consolation of philosophy -- A theology of liberation -- The long loneliness -- Part III: St. Mary, Mother of God, patron saint of crusaders, needle and pin makers, and virgins, 1998-2002. Interior castle -- The rule of life -- Codependent no more -- The road less traveled -- The theology of the body: human love in the divine plan -- Spiritual exercises -- Letting go: the spirituality of subtraction -- The changing face of priesthood -- The wild man's journey -- Gaudium et spes -- Part IV: St. Jude, the apostle, patron saint of lost causes, 2002-3. The holy longing -- The first five years of priesthood -- The wounded healer -- Quickening the fire in our midst -- Part V: Resurrection, 2003-4. Sacred silence -- Homosexuality in the church -- Boys like us -- Becoming a man -- Now that I'm out, what do I do? -- The end of the affair -- Part VI: Beautiful child, 2019 -- Epilogue: we are the champions |
Summary |
"A sexual abuse survivor unapologetically confesses the intimate workings of the Catholic seminary, celibacy and priesthood during an era of sexual scandal and exposes how priests are "formed" to perpetuate a cycle of abuse where truth is relative, chastity is a myth, and powerful men will stop at nothing to silence those who speak the truth"-- Provided by publisher |
Subject |
Rastrelli, Tom, 1974-
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Catholic Church -- Clergy -- Biography
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Catholic Church -- Clergy -- Sexual behavior -- United States
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Catholic ex-priests -- United States -- Biography
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Gay clergy -- United States -- Biography
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Sexual abuse victims -- United States -- Biography
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Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Autobiographies.
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LC no. |
2019047800 |
ISBN |
9781609387099 (paperback) |
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1609387090 (paperback) |
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electronic book |
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