Paperback: From the cowardice that shrinks from new truth, From the laziness that is content with half-truths, From the arrogance that thinks it knows all truth, O God of truth, deliver us. - Hugh B Brown
In 1980 in Toledo, Ohio - on one of the holiest days of the church calendar - the body of a nun was discovered in the sacristy of a hospital chapel.
Seventy-one-year-old Sister Margaret Ann had been strangled and stabbed, her corpse arranged in a shameful and stomach-churning pose.
But the police's most likely suspect was inexplicably released and the investigation was quietly buried.
Despite damning evidence, Father Gerald Robinson went free.
Twenty-three years later the priest's name resurfaced in connection with a bizarre case of satanic ritual and abuse.
It prompted investigators to exhume the remains of the slain nun in search of the proof left behind that would indelibly mark Father Robinson as Sister Margaret Ann's killer: the sign of the Devil.
When Satan Wore a Cross (2007) is a shocking true story of official cover-ups, madness, murder and lies - and of an unholy human monster who disguised himself in holy garb. "Priest Kills Nun" was a first in American criminal history.
About the author: Fred Rosen is an American true crime author and former columnist for the Arts and Leisure Section of The New York Times.
Rosen's published works in the genre include There But For the Grace: Survivors of the 20th Century’s Infamous Serial Killers (2007) and When Satan Wore a Cross (2007). Both were best-sellers at the Doubleday Book Club, Literary Guild, Mystery Guild, and Book-of-the-Month Club.
He is also the winner of Library Journal’s Best Reference Source 2005 award for The Historical Atlas of American Crime, and has written many other works of historical non-fiction including Cremation in America, Contract Warriors and Gold!
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