John J. Coughlin, O.F.M.

Before Dallas: The U.S. Bishops’ Response to Clergy Sexual Abuse of ­Children by Nicholas P. Cafardi Paulist, 255 pages, $27.95 In a 1979 allocution, John Paul II declared that “the task of the Church and her historic merit, which is to proclaim and defend in every place and in . . . . Continue Reading »