Grace Ungiven

Grace Ungiven is a smartly written, engaging story populated by vibrant, well-defined characters with everything readers of adult fiction wantaction, intrigue, romance, sex, crimeall while plausibly addressing one of the most serious psychosocial, spiritual, and legal issues of our time. It provides insights into the all-encompassing, everyday influence the Roman Catholic Church has on the personal lives of followers from all walks of life even before we consider the sex abuse scandal. Grace Ungiven speaks clearly and effectively to the complex and disturbing conflict between the Catholic Church and the countless lives it has touched, from its leaders down to its humblest adherents. It demonstrates, at the grass roots level, how the churchs structure, doctrine, and liturgy made the epidemic of child sexual abuse by clergy possible, even inevitable, and explores the range of effects it has on followers as an additional factor in their lives as Catholics.