Agony in the Garden

"A charismatic bishop with a secret life ... His con-man cleric sexual toy ... A monsignor who founded a youth camp that he used as a stalking ground for boys ... A financial house of cards erected by a priest-entrepreneur, using diocesan funds to operate a de facto bank ... A powerful family whose patriarch helped introduce a system of censorship that affected American movies for thirty years ..." "Welcome to the diocese of Santa Rosa, California. Before the Boston ecclesiastical meltdown, before the Enron corporate collapse, came a crisis combining the most startling and intriguing elements of both." "Agony in the Garden reads like a thriller presenting an amazing and appalling story of high-level moral and financial chicanery, involving a remarkable cast of characters, and the struggle of outraged victims, nuns, laity and priests to find justice. Told with discernment available only through reflection over time and in-depth research and reporting, Agony in the Garden offers a cry from the troubled heart of the contemporary American Catholic Church. And the promise of what needs to be done to heal it."--BOOK JACKET.