Matt C. Abbott, a Catholic columnist from Chicago who writes for www.renewamerica.us, contacted me this week about a segment of my book that reports on the Lucas County investigators' search of the Toledo Catholic Diocese's headquarters. The investigators had felt the diocese was withholding information relevant to their case against Robinson and entered the HQ armed with a search warrant -- two times -- to search diocesan files. The second time, investigators found a file marked "privileged" that contained documents about abortions for which the diocese had paid. I know this section was a ticking time bomb and is in its own right -- apart from the murder, the satanic abuse, and all the other horrors reported in Sin, Shame & Secrets -- a terribly disturbing revelation for a church that is vehemently pro-life.
For a number of reasons I won't go into here, I felt it was absolutely necessary to report the investigators' findings, but I did not try to shine a spotlight on that specific section of my book. In fact, when asked during repeated interviews if there were any new revelations in the book, I passed on mentioning this one. But I knew it was only a matter of time until it came out. Now Mr. Abbott has opened the door, and things are going to get interesting. Stay tuned...

Toledo, Ohio December 19, 2006