by joscottcoe | Mar 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
In February I made a quick visit to Austin to share Unheard Witness at Bookwoman, a historic bookstore in town, where I joined in conversation with Forrest Preece, a survivor of the tower shooting on August 1, 1966. I was also able to speak at a book group that has...
by joscottcoe | Jan 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
It’s been one year since Father Leduc appeared on the the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston (ADGH) list of 40 priests “credibly accused” of abusing children. (ADGH also included 2 names of priests currently under active investigation.) As the author...
by joscottcoe | Aug 8, 2019 | buzz, Culture, religion, Uncategorized
Thank you, Richard. You left this world a different place than you left it. There is no office more divine than that. Today’s feast is for you.
by joscottcoe | Mar 1, 2019 | Culture, history, Uncategorized
On January 31, the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston (ADGH) released its list of priests “credibly accused” of abuse since 1950. As I’ve discussed earlier here on the blog, one of those priests was Joseph G. Leduc, a central figure in my book MASS: A...
by joscottcoe | Dec 31, 2018 | Uncategorized
MASS will turn nine months old on January 4. As the year comes to a close, I want to send a big “thanks” for the folks who have made room at their microphones, on their bookshelves, and in their classrooms for MASS and me. Bookmaking and book-talking is a...
by joscottcoe | Nov 16, 2018 | Culture, history, Uncategorized, women's history
Victim-survivors of the Catholic Church are everywhere. Survivors of sexual abuse as children. Survivors of assault or power-based abuse in sexual “relationships” as adults, even during study for religious life. Survivors of affairs with priests that ended...
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