Patch Opinion Ignites Facebook When Noted Author Re-Posts

A regular Patch opinion column posted early Wednesday morning, was picked up by novelist Anne Rice (who is mentioned in the article) posted to her Facebook page, and so far has generated hundreds of "Recommends", "Likes", and scores of comments.

Our Patch writer, Julie Kuennke, wrote about her hard—and heartfelt—decision to leave the Catholic church when her children became sunday school age. She feared the potential for child abuse, she said.

Rice publicly repudiated her own Catholic faith, and Kuennke referred to that in her Patch column The Mom Memo. 

Here is Rice's posting from her Facebook page:

Anne Rice

I found this article on the web this morning. Thought it was well written and sad. But I see it as good news because it is about standing up for what is right. "Leaving Catholicism in the Name of Parenthood. "Leaving Catholicism in the Name of Parenthood      chesterfield.patch.comI left Catholicism for the safety of my children because the stained-glass curtain hides too many dark secrets. 

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• Cynthia Rodriguez and 133 others like this.

Rice has written 32 books, she said on her Facebook info page. All were fiction except one, about the death of her husband.