When Satan Wore A Cross

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In 1980 in Toledo, Ohioon one of the holiest days of the church calendarthe 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 is a shocking true story of official cover-ups, madness, murder and liesand of an unholy human monster who disguised himself in holy garb.

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For his book The Historical Atlas of American Crime (Facts on File), Mr. Rosen won the Library Journal "Best Reference Source 2005" award. The award cited it as a "pioneering resource" in which Mr. Rosen "describes how geography, population shift, and new methods of commerce, transportation, and weapons technology have impacted crime" from 1592 to the present. A former New York Times columnist, Mr. Rosen received the personal assistance of President Jimmy Carter for his true crime book Did They Really Do It (Avalon, 2005). He is the author of many works of true crime, including the classic Lobster Boy. In that case it was Mr. Rosen''s detective work that led to the conviction of the killer. Mr. Rosen''s 2004 memoir/popular history, Cremation in America (Prometheus), also garnered rave reviews.