Terence McKiernan is the founder and president of BishopAccountability.org, an online archive of the Catholic clergy abuse problem that also does basic research. Terence studied classical languages and ancient art history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Bristol in England. Then he worked as an academic editor and a consulting firm manager until 2002.
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