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Mortal Sins Event a Success

September 19, 2014July 9, 2013 by Mary Dispenza

The event at Town Hall in Seattle featuring Michael D’Antonio and his new book Mortal Sins Sex, Crime and the Era of Catholic Scandal was a success. A great crowd turned out to hear and learn about the crisis of priest abuse in the Catholic Church. The panel of experts, of which I was one, … Read more

Mortal Sins and Being Catholic

May 30, 2015June 20, 2013 by Mary Dispenza

When I was growing up Catholic, I learned that there were four kinds of sins: original sin, actual sin, venial sin and MORTAL SIN. Mortal sin was the deadliest sin in town. For a sin to be mortal, the action you committed had to be very bad. You needed to know it was very bad … Read more