Vows of Silence: The Abuse of Power in the Papacy of John Paul II

Going deep behind the headlines about scandals in the Catholic Church, Jason Berry and Gerald Renner's Vows of Silence follows the staggering trail of evasions and deceit that leads directly to the Vatican and taints the legacy of Pope John Paul II. Based on more than six years of investigative reporting and hundreds of interviews, this book is a riveting account of Vatican cover-ups. Both a profound criticism and a wake-up call to reform by two Catholic writers, Vows of Silence reveals an agenda of top-down control under John Paul II and a hierarchy so obsessed with secrecy as to spawn disinformation. It is not a book about sexual abuse; it is a book about abuse of power, throughout the Vatican.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 05/11/2010
ISBN: 9780743287067
Pages: 353
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.00d

Review Citations: New York Review of Books 06/24/2010 pg. 28