Nothing to Hide: Secrecy, communication ...

Journalist Russell Shaw chips away at the culture of secrecy in the Church . . .

Nothing to Hide: Secrecy, communication, and communion in the Catholic Church
Ignatius Press, 2008. 174 pages, $13.95 paperback

Shaw discusses the abuse of secrecy in the Church, the scandals it has caused and how it has hurt the Church’s credibility. Not concerned with the legitimate secrecy that is necessary to protect confidentiality and people’s reputations, Shaw looks at the stifling misuse of secrecy that has done immense harm to the Church.

He aims to help bring an end to the culture of secrecy, especially within American Catholicism, and to replace the destructive culture with an open, accountable community of faith.

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