Donald Cozzens (May 17, 1939 – December 9, 2021) was an American Catholic priest, author, and lecturer.
Biography Cozzens was a president-rector and professor of pastoral theology at Saint Mary Seminary and Graduate School of Theology in Wickliffe, Ohio. In his writings, he tackled the themes of priestly celibacy, homosexuality and sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
Cozzens died from complications of COVID-19 in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, on December 9, 2021, at the age of 82.
Bibliography The Spirituality of the Diocesan Priest, 1997 The Changing Face of the Priesthood, 2000 Sacred Silence: Denial and the Crisis in the Church, 2002 Faith That Dares to Speak, 2004 Freeing Celibacy, 2006 Master of Ceremonies, 2014 (novel) Under Pain of Mortal Sin, 2018 (novel)
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