Outspoken cleric, author Rev. Andrew Greeley dies

[UrbScotty]

Source: CBS

The Rev. Andrew Greeley, an outspoken Roman Catholic priest, best-selling author and longtime Chicago newspaper columnist who even criticized the hierarchy of his own church over the child sex abuse scandal, has died. He was 85.

Greeley died Wednesday night at his Chicago home, according to his longtime publicist, June Rosner. In a statement released Thursday through Rosner, Greeley's niece, Elizabeth Durkin, praised her uncle as a loving individual who "tremendously enriched" people's lives.

"He served the church all those years with a prophetic voice and with unfailing dedication," she said.

Greeley was the author of more than 50 best-selling novels, many of them international mystery thrillers, and dozens of nonfiction works. His writing was translated into 12 languages and his career spanned five decades.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57586850/outspoken-cleric-author-rev-andrew-greeley-dies/

[clarice]

1. Another voice of reason, lost. nt

[olegramps]

3. I corresponded with him some years ago. He is a great loss of reason in the church.

[clarice]

5. Curious, did you save any of that correspondence? Nt

[monmouth3]

7. OMG, me too. We used to e-mail each other. I loved his books on Ireland and he was

very gracious and funny. I had e-mailed him to tell him how I loved his Irish books and he wrote back. What a thrill. This is a great loss.

[hrmjustin]

2. May he rest in peace and rise in glory!

[calimary]

4. Damn. Very sorry to see him go. We need his voice now more than EVER!!!

He was very often the one and only guy who spoke truth to power in the Catholic Church.

[clarice]

6. +1 nt

[glinda]

8. RIP

[Brigid]

9. I met him once.

And I read some of his books. RIP, Father.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

10. One of my favorites. Peace be with him.

[dmr]

11. This saddens me. Rest in Peace, Father.