About the Author

Walter J. Woods served for eighteen years as a professor of moral theology at St. John's Seminary, Brighton, Massachusetts. A priest of the Archdiocese of Boston, he has wide pastoral experience and has worked with religious communities, parish and diocesan groups, and hospital personnel on moral issues.

Reviews

A most helpful integration and historical study of the Church's evolving practices of the sacrament of penance and moral/spiritual theology.
--Kevin W. Irwin
The Catholic University of America