Is torture losing its shock value? Our government's use of torture puts being both American and Catholic in serious conflict, says this theologian.(expert witness)(Interview)(Cover story)

From: U.S. Catholic | Date: May 1, 2008 | Copyright information

Theological research doesn't often include reading detailed accounts of torture, but it did for William Cavanaugh, now a professor of theology at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. "I read account after account of people's torture, and that's what I did all day" he says of his early work at the University of Notre Dame Center for Civil and Human Rights. "It was a grim time."

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