Press – Michael Mazza

(27 Oct 2023)

posted here courtesy of the Catholic Bar Association at catholicbar.org

This lawyer says Arizona ruling on clergy-penitent privilege preserves access to spiritual help

– interviewed on KJZZ 91.5 Radio, Phoenix

(11 Aug 2026)

What lawmakers concerned about child abuse got wrong about church confessions

– interviewed on KJZZ 91.5 Radio, Phoenix

(2 Jan 2024)

The Vulnerable Person and the Law of the Church:

Are Accused Priests "Vulnerable Persons"?

Webinar on Guidance for Independent Review Boards

(21 Sep 2023)

The Eclipse of Moral Certitude and the Importance of Standards of Proof

(27 Oct 2023)

posted here courtesy of the Catholic Bar Association at catholicbar.org

Webinar on Model Policies for Dioceses and Religious Orders for Abuse Claims

(6 Oct 2022)

What lawmakers concerned about child abuse got wrong about church confessions

– interviewed on KJZZ 91.5 Radio, Phoenix

(2 Jan 2024)

The Vulnerable Person and the Law of the Church:

Are Accused Priests "Vulnerable Persons"?

Webinar on Guidance for Independent Review Boards

(21 Sep 2023)

The Eclipse of Moral Certitude and the Importance of Standards of Proof

(27 Oct 2023)

posted here courtesy of the Catholic Bar Association at catholicbar.org

Webinar on Model Policies for Dioceses and Religious Orders for Abuse Claims

(6 Oct 2022)

Selected
Publications

L'ecclisi della certezza morale nei casi di cattiva condotta sessuale dei chierici negli USA

link to book

(Jan 2025)

Moral Certainty in Uncertain Times: The Importance of Standards of Proof When Responding to Accusations of Clerical Misconduct

link to book at St Augustine’s Press

(Dec 2023)

The Church, Persons, and Juridical Goods: An Introduction to Canon Law (translator)

link to book at Wilson & Lafleur

(released Nov 2023)

That Which is Just in the Church: An Introduction to Canon Law (translator)

(released Nov 2023)

Is the Internal Forum Under Attack? The Status of the Sacramental Seal and Internal Forum in Church and State in the USA

(June 2024)

A Review of the Sauvé Report on the Clerical Sexual Abuse Crisis in France

– Church, Communication and Culture

(Spring 2023)

Protecting the Right to Reputation

– Studia Canonica

(Spring 2023)

The Canonical Tradition Valuing the Right to Reputation

(Fall 2022)

Bona Fama in an Age of "Transparency": Publishing Lists of "Credibly Accused" Clerics

(Dec 2022)

Civil Suits by Catholic Priests: A Status Report

– The Catholic World Report

(April 2024)

The Natural and Spiritual Basis for the Right to Reputation (a 2-part article)

– Homiletic & Pastoral Review

(June-July 2023)

The Right of a Cleric to Bona Fama

– A canon law doctoral thesis (for sale on Amazon)

Defending a Cleric's Right to Reputation and the Sexual Abuse Scandal in the Catholic Church

(Fall 2022)

May a Catholic University Have a Catholic Faculty

pdf of article

(1 May 2003)

Should Clergy Hold the Priest-Penitent Privilege

(Fall 1998)

The Rise and Fall of Part-Time Legal Education in Wisconsin