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Most murders are a dime a dozen; the really good ones are rare.  I'm a true crime historian. The history of the people involved in a crime, and its social context, give the crime true meaning.  I report on that story.  

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"In 1980, in Toledo, Ohio, Sister Margaret Ann Pahl was found strangled and stabbed on Holy Saturday, the wounds on her chest forming an inverted cross. Officer Dave Davison had reason to suspect Father Gerald Robinson, a taciturn priest known to manhandle the nuns. But the church closed ranks and shockingly, Robinson was never prosecuted.
        
"In this riveting page-turner, [When Satan Wore A Cross], Fred Rosen recalls the gruesome murder and how, 20 years later, a letter from a woman claiming to have suffered ritualistic abuse at the hands of clergy members—among them, Robinson—sets the wheels of justice in motion. The conspiracies and child abuse scandals uncovered in the subsequent investigation are nothing short of monstrous."
                                                                          The Literary Guild
                              


 
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When Satan Wore A Cross, There But For the Grace of God Top Book Club Best-Seller Lists 

Reasonably priced hardcover editions of When Satan Wore A Cross and There But For the Grace of God are available at the following book clubs, where they continue to be non-fiction best-sellers. Just click on the link of the bookclub of your choice to order your copy now! 

Week of March 16, 2008:

Literary Guild - www.literaryguild.com
When Satan Wore A Cross is Number 7, and There But For the Grace of God is Number 15 in "Non-Fiction."  

Mystery Guild - www.mysteryguild.com
Satan is Number 5 and God is Number 6 in "Non-Fiction."

Book of the Month Club - www.bomc.com
God is Number 9 in "True Crime."

Doubleday Book Club - www.doubledaybookclub.com
God is Number in 9 in "Real Life Drama"

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