Carol A. Kuhnert of Union grew up in south St. Louis alongside an
older brother and sister. In 1961, the brother was ordained as a priest —
the Rev. Norman Christian.
In 1987 she learned an awful secret. Her brother was a pedophile. He died in 2004. Now, in “No Longer on Pedestals,” Kuhnert vents her anger — at her brother, of course, but also at her beloved Roman Catholic Church. As she puts it early in her book:
http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/books-and-literature/reviews/sister-of-pedophile-priest-writes-of-anger-trauma/article_6deb2a0b-bb92-59b9-b85c-a546c288dad4.html
In 1987 she learned an awful secret. Her brother was a pedophile. He died in 2004. Now, in “No Longer on Pedestals,” Kuhnert vents her anger — at her brother, of course, but also at her beloved Roman Catholic Church. As she puts it early in her book:
http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/books-and-literature/reviews/sister-of-pedophile-priest-writes-of-anger-trauma/article_6deb2a0b-bb92-59b9-b85c-a546c288dad4.html