Dr. Ronald J. Rychlak is Distinguished Professor of Law and holder of the Jamie L. Whitten Chair in Law and Government at the University of Mississippi,
where he has been on the law school faculty since 1987. In 2019 he received the university’s highest research and publication recognition, the “Distinguished
Research and Creative Achievement Award.” For 13 years, Ron served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and since 2007, he has served as the university’s
Faculty Athletic Representative and chair of the University’s Athletics Committee. He is on the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Executive Committee,
an advisor to the Holy See’s delegation to the United Nations, and a member of the Mississippi Advisory Committee to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission.
Ron graduated from Wabash College and Vanderbilt University School of Law. Before coming to Ole Miss, he practiced law with Jenner &, Block in Chicago
and served as clerk to Judge Harry Wellford of the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Ron is the author or editor of twelve books and over 100 articles.
The Congregation for the Causes of Saints at the Vatican called his book, Hitler, the War, and the Pope “definitive” in its response to allegations
made against Pope Pius XII. He was awarded the Blessed Cardinal Stepinac Medal from the Archdiocese of Zagreb (2008).
Readings and resources below cut…
Readings &, Resources
- The Ruth Institute Censorship Resource Center
- Facebook page for Cardinal Stepinac
- Dr Rychlak’s books
- Clerical Sexual Misconduct: An Interdisciplinary Analysis (Cluny Media, 2020) at the Ruth store;
co-edited with Jane Adolphe - Disinformation: Former Spy Chief Reveals Secret Strategies for Undermining Freedom, Attacking Religion, and Promoting Terrorism (WND
Books, 2013) at Amazon, co-written with Ion Mihai Pacepa. Also available in Russian, Romanian, Portuguese, and Czech - Hitler, the War, and the Pope,
2d ed. (Our Sunday Visitor Press, 2010, First edition, Genesis Press, 2000) at Amazon, by Ronald J. Rychlak. This has been sent to all bishops, all United Nation embassies, and all Catholic high
schools and colleges in the US and Canada - The Persecution and Genocide of Christians in the Middle East: Prevention, Prohibition, &, Prosecution, Angelico Press (2017, Angelico Press) at Amazon, co-edited with Jane Adolphe
- American Law from a Catholic Perspective: Through a Clearer Lens (Rowman
&, Littlefield, 2015) at Amazon, edited by Ronald J. Rychlak - Righteous Gentiles: How Pope Pius XII Saved Half a Million Jews from the Nazis (Spence Publishing, 2005) at Amazon, by Ronald J. Rychlak
- Trial by Fury: Restoring the Common Good in Tort Litigation, monograph
8 in the Christian Social Thought Series (Acton Institute, 2005) at Amazon, by Ronald J. Rychlak
- Clerical Sexual Misconduct: An Interdisciplinary Analysis (Cluny Media, 2020) at the Ruth store;
- Dr. Rychlak’s articles
- “Cardinal Stepinac, Pope Pius XII, and the Roman Catholic Church During the Second World War,” by Ronald J. Rychlak. XIV The Catholic Social Science Review 367 (2009), reprinted by Cursos de idioma Croata (2012).
- “New Evidence Validates Stepinac” (reviewing
Stepinac: His Life and Times by Robin Harris), Catalyst, June 2017. - “In Defense of Cardinal Stepinac,” The Catholic Answer, March/April 2004.
- Dr. Rychlak’s email: rrychlak@olemiss.edu
- Fr Paul Sullins on the relationship between clerical sex abuse and homosexual clergy
- “Is Catholic Clergy Sex Abuse Related to Homosexual Priests?” an interview at National Catholic Register
- “Priest-Sociologist Examines Data on Clergy Sex Abuse,” by Kevin J. Jones at National Catholic Register
- “The Truth About the Priest Abuse Data” on The Patrick Coffin Show, CatholicStand.com
- “Sociologist: Evidence shows homosexual parenting harms children,” by Doug Mainwaring, LifeSiteNews.com
- “‘Born That Way’ No More: The New Science of Sexual Orientation,” by Paul Sullins, The Public Discourse
- “Researcher Links Abuse Crisis to Influx of Gay Clergy,” by Stephen Wayne, Church Militant
