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From Father P. Wallace Platt, c.s.b. re Good Bye, Good Men. (Letters to the Editor).


It is regrettable that your reviewer of Good Bye, Good Men, John O'Brien John O'Brien may refer to:

In public life:
  • John O'Brien (businessman), Former UK Director of Passenger Rail Franchising
  • John O'Brien (politician), New Zealand political candidate and party leader
 (C.I., Sept 2000, pp.43-44) should have fallen into the same error as Michael Rose For the fictional character, see .

For the British Army general, see .

Born in Kingston, Jamaica on July 11, 1957, Michael Rose was introduced to music as a teenager by his older brother Joseph.
, the author of the book. Mr. O'Brien takes the book as entirely truthful, without questioning for a moment the possibility of error or false reporting, just as Mr. Rose in various cases failed to check his sources, and as a result has damaged the reputation of various seminaries, seminarians, and seminary seminary

Educational institution, usually for training in theology. In the U.S. the term was formerly also used to refer to institutions of higher learning for women, often teachers' colleges.
 faculty.

The American College American College is the name of:
  • American College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
  • The American College in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
  • The American College of the Immaculate Conception, Leuven (also known as Louvain), Belgium
 at Louvain is a case in point. The presentation of this institution in the book, specifically referred to by Mr. O'Brien, is entirely false. The case reported by an expelled student was accepted, unquestioned. The misrepresentation misrepresentation

In law, any false or misleading expression of fact, usually with the intent to deceive or defraud. It most commonly occurs in insurance and real-estate contracts. False advertising may also constitute misrepresentation.
 has been documented and the documentation published. (See "A Question of Integrity Michael Rose and the American College of Louvain," by Brian Saint-Paul, in Crisis, Sept. 2002, pp.32-7). Playing fast and loose with the reputations of seminaries is hardly helpful to readers or to the Christian community in general.

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