Father Gerald Murray is an ice hockey-playing New York priest, canon lawyer and conservative Catholic public commentator. He is probably the closest modern America has to Ronald Knox. Only, of course, Murray is not a Monsignor. That’s because he is not afraid to disagree publicly with the Church’s liberal hierarchy. Like Knox, who helped convert Evelyn Waugh, Father Gerry (as he is known) is now both a bestselling author and broadcaster.
We met at his Rectory cottage at the Church of the Holy Family in New York – a Midtown church popular with diplomats due to its proximity to the UN – after the publication of his book Calming the Storm: Navigating the Crises Facing the Catholic Church and Society. The rectory houses a number of priests and has a long mahogany dining table on the first floor.
