{"product_id":"what-happened-to-fr-sezan-angela-hanley-9781782183648","title":"What Happened to Fr Seán Fagan?","description":"What happens when theologians are asked to obey rather than discover? Where is the justice in a Church that deploys harsher punishments to those who mention ordaining women than to those involved in child abuse?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarist priest and theologian Fr Seán Fagan was widely admired and respected as a courageous and compassionate pastor. For many years he was critical of rigid stances by the Vatican on issues of conscience and sexual morality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1997, he published the book \u003ci\u003eDoes Morality Change?\u003c\/i\u003e, which was denounced by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) as not in keeping with Church teaching. In 2008, the CDF reacted out of all proportion to one of Seán's letters that was printed in \u003ci\u003eThe Irish Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and two years later he was informed that he would be laicized should he publish anything the CDF considered contrary to Church teaching, and should he disclose this censure to the media. If he failed to obey, he would be dismissed from religious life, a punishment that would have rendered him homeless.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe expressed a wish to his close friend Angela Hanley that when he died she ought to \"spill the beans in public on what really went on, to shame our sinful church in the hope that it might prevent further repetitions.\" This book is a fulfillment of that wish and is Seán's opportunity to have his side of the story told.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Angela Hanley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1782183647\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781782183648\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columba Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/22\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.20w x 0.60d","brand":"Angela Hanley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48623309848831,"sku":"9781782183648","price":16.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-happened-to-fr-sezan-angela-hanley-9781782183648","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}