Attorney on Catholic church and sexual abuse Perhaps the best known attorney in the clergy sex abuse cases, Jeff Anderson says the top hierarchy of the Catholic church should account for what he says was a cover up of sexual abuse perpetrated by clergy for decades. Meanwhile, cases in Florida and Kentucky attempt to link the Vatican to cases of sexual abuse.
Catholic church insiders will talk about how they are trying to reconcile with victims and change the way abuse is handled in a separate hour on Monday, April 5.9:06 a.m.
Guests
Jeff Anderson: Attorney with Jeff Anderson & Associates. He represents people who say they've been sexually abused by clergy.
The enduring appeal of Sherlock Holmes Journalist David Grann contemplates the strange death of the world's foremost expert on Sherlock Holmes and a dozen other real-life mysteries in his new book. Grann says the appeal of Holmes is that he restores order to a bewildering universe10:06 a.m.
Guests
David Grann: Staff writer at The New Yorker and author of "The Lost City of Z." His new book is "the Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness, and Obsession."
Tim Johnson: Curator of special collections and rare books at the University of Minnesota Libraries. The library has the largest collection of Sherlock Holmes artifacts in the world.
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