Donald Cozzens

Cozzens was a president-rector and professor of pastoral theology at Saint Mary Seminary and Graduate School of Theology in Wickliffe, Ohio.{{cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/cozzens-donald-b-1939|title=Cozzens, Donald B. 1939(?)-|publisher=Encyclopedia.com}} In his writings, he tackled the themes of priestly celibacy, homosexuality and sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.{{cite web|url=http://www.uscatholic.org/church/2010/05/how-build-healthier-church-interview-donald-b-cozzens|title=How to build a healthier church: An interview with Donald B. Cozzens|website=U.S. Catholic |date=May 7, 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/religion/2007-01-06-celibacy_x.htm|title=Gadfly priest challenges mandatory celibacy in new book |work=USA Today |date=January 5, 2007}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/grace-margins/familiar-themes-wounded-church-take-fictional-form|title=Familiar themes of a wounded church take fictional form |work=National Catholic Reporter|date=April 29, 2015}}

Cozzens died from complications of COVID-19 in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, on December 9, 2021, at the age of 82.{{cite web|last=Sadowski|first=Dennis|url=https://catholicphilly.com/2021/12/news/national-news/father-donald-cozzens-who-challenged-clericalism-dies-at-82/|title=Father Donald Cozzens, who challenged clericalism, dies at 82 |website=Catholic News Service|date=December 13, 2021}}{{Cite news|last=Seelye|first=Katharine Q.|date=2021-12-16|title=Donald Cozzens, Priest Who Pressed Church From Within, Dies at 82|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/16/us/donald-cozzens-dead.html|access-date=2021-12-18|issn=0362-4331}}

• The Spirituality of the Diocesan Priest, 1997 {{ISBN|978-0814624210}}
• The Changing Face of the Priesthood, 2000 {{ISBN|978-0814625040}}
• Sacred Silence: Denial and the Crisis in the Church, 2002 {{ISBN|978-0814627792}}
• Faith That Dares to Speak, 2004 {{ISBN|978-0814630181}}
• Freeing Celibacy, 2006 {{ISBN| 978-1920721305}}
• Master of Ceremonies, 2014 (novel) {{ISBN|978-0879469931}}
• Under Pain of Mortal Sin, 2018 (novel) {{ISBN|978-0879469733}}

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