Gerald Vann Quotes

If you say that the history of the Church is a long succession of scandals, you are telling the truth, though if that is all you say, you are distorting the truth.

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• If you say that the history of the Church is a long succession of scandals, you are telling the truth, though if that is all you say, you are distorting the truth.

  

  Gerald Vann
  • Long
  • Church
  • Scandal