Saint Peter’s College Professor Authors Book Examining Sex Scandal In the Catholic Church

February 27, 2003– Jersey City, NJ– Paraview Press has released a provocative book about the Catholic Church sex scandal by Saint Peter’s College Professor of Theology Dr. Eileen P. Flynn. Catholics at a Crossroads: Coverup, Crisis, and Cure examines the reasons for priest molestation of minors and suggests how the Catholic Church can restore respectability. Uncompromising in its quest to unveil the truth about the hierarchy and the scandal, this volume shows how the Catholic Church brought itself to disgrace. Dr. Flynn argues that the sexual molestation of minors by priests and the way the Church hierarchy tried to cover up the situation, endangering more children in the process, is the greatest crisis the Catholic Church has ever faced. Once it became common knowledge in 2002, the ugly reality of a dysfunctional institution corrupted by the complicity of cardinals and bishops in the sins of a relatively small number of molesting priests brought shame to a powerful institution. Unable to postpone coping with this tragic reality, its leaders have been forced to begin the recovery process. But will it go far enough? More than 60 million Catholics in the U.S. are in a position to choose to let the church be or to demand changes. Catholics at a Crossroads: Coverup, Crisis, and Cure offers a penetrating analysis of how the unthinkable happened and what exactly the Catholic Church needs to do to remedy the situation About Dr. Eileen P. Flynn: Eileen P. Flynn, a professor at Saint Peter’s College, New Jersey, is the author of thirteen books. A practicing Catholic all her life, she has been married for 35 years and is the mother of four adult children. Dr. Flynn resides in Beach Haven, NJ. Catholics at a Crossroads: Coverup, Crisis, and Cure is published by Paraview Press using print on demand technology. This book can be purchased through amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, and other online bookstores, or it can be ordered through local bookstores