

It is the story of Father Art Breen, a Boston priest accused of sexual abuse. It’s a book, of fiction, but for me, the fiction was painfully familiar. No First Amendment or Freedom of the Press advocate expects news media to ignore Catholic scandal, but some in the news media have been predators of another sort.I had a recent exchange of messages with Jennifer Haigh, a very accomplished author whose critically acclaimed novel, Faith (Harper, 2011), kept me sleep deprived for a couple of nights.
