Vows of Silence

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.

CONTENTS

PROLOGUE

Part One: The Odyssey of Thomas Doyle

CHAPTER 1:  To Be a Priest

CHAPTER 2:  Evidence of Things Unsaid

CHAPTER 3:  Exile and Renewal

CHAPTER 4:  A Time of Solidarity

CHAPTER 5:  Pope John Paul II Breaks His Silence

CHAPTER 6:  Memories of the Cardinal

Part Two: The Rise of the Legion of Christ

CHAPTER 7:  Evangelism by Stealth

CHAPTER 8:  Myth of the Founder

CHAPTER 9:  The War Against Internal Enemies

CHAPTER 10: The Legion's Defense of Father Maciel

CHAPTER 11: In the Vatican Courts

Part Three: Witnesses for the People of God

CHAPTER 12:  Religious Duress

CHAPTER 13:  Orthodoxy and Deception

CHAPTER 14:  The Legion's American Battles

CHAPTER 15:  A Vatican of Naked Truths

EPILOGUE

GLOSSARY OF CHURCH TERMS

NOTES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INDEX