Robert McClory is an author, a journalist, a professor, and a former Roman Catholic priest. He is the author of six books, including As It Was in the Beginning: The Coming Democratization of the Catholic Church, Faithful Dissenters: Men and Women Who Loved and Changed the Church, and Turning Point: The Inside Story of the Papal Birth Control Commission. He is a former staff writer for the Chicago Defender and the Chicago Reader and is a regular contributor to Chicago Magazine, National Catholic Reporter, and U.S. Catholic Magazine. He lives in Evanston, Illinois.