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I just heard of a book: The Martyrdom of Thomas Merton: An Investigation By Hugh Turley and David Martin
I probablay wont read it but I will read all the reviews.
"In Part 3, entitled “The Enemies of the Truth,” Turley and Martin accuse Mott and other biographers as well as Merton’s monastic colleagues for selling Merton short. They contend that the United States government deemed Merton sufficiently dangerous that they plotted and carried out Merton’s death to silence his voice against war and for social justice. They conclude: Contrary to the common view, there is really no mystery about how Merton died. The best evidence indicates beyond any serious doubt that Merton was murdered. It’s a simple fact that the average person is far more likely to be murdered than to be killed by an electric fan, and Merton was no average person. The story that a fan killed Merton is so preposterous that a series of fantastic stories have had to be invented to make it believable. . . . Who did it and why? . . . The CIA had the motive and they had the means."
I probablay wont read it but I will read all the reviews.
"In Part 3, entitled “The Enemies of the Truth,” Turley and Martin accuse Mott and other biographers as well as Merton’s monastic colleagues for selling Merton short. They contend that the United States government deemed Merton sufficiently dangerous that they plotted and carried out Merton’s death to silence his voice against war and for social justice. They conclude: Contrary to the common view, there is really no mystery about how Merton died. The best evidence indicates beyond any serious doubt that Merton was murdered. It’s a simple fact that the average person is far more likely to be murdered than to be killed by an electric fan, and Merton was no average person. The story that a fan killed Merton is so preposterous that a series of fantastic stories have had to be invented to make it believable. . . . Who did it and why? . . . The CIA had the motive and they had the means."