A nun in Silver Springs is making waves as an author, but don't judge her book by it's cover just yet.


By day, Sister Christine Kresho studies scripture with lady friends at leisure world, talking about God and how to be holy.

By night, she writes novels about wicked priests, sex, and murder stories.

"They might not read an essay, something serious, they might not read a theology book. But if they read a novel, my hope is it would be in the grocery store and they would see it and pick it up!" She says she purposely pushes the envelope to get people to talk about issues facing the Catholic church.

Her latest work, "Sacred Betrayal," is about an archbishop threatened by a progressive group in the church and his evil assistant father who she says will "Go as far as raping and murdering the archbishop's sister, who's a leader in this group, if that's what it takes."

Sister Kresho joined the convent when she was just 17-years-old.  She's been a teacher, principal and now Pastoral Associate at our Lady of Grace Church in Silver Spring.

"If you really follow the gospel and you're really a disciple of Jesus, you have to be a radical," Sister Kresho says.

Her lurid novels, the first about two murdered priests, aim to somehow get those ideas out and talked about.

Her boss says he's had no complaints. "It's her private work and it's her private thoughts. The church allows people to publish without imprimaturs or permission and that's a good thing," says Father Peter Sweeney.

Her leisure world ladies support her too, "She took vows, but her vows didn't prohibit her from thinking. So why not," says Adeline Loftus. 

In fact, Sister Kresho is already praying about her next, equally provocative paperback, working title, "My Priest, my Husband!""

Her current book, "Sacred Betrayal", is due out this month.

On a local note, The Washington Archdiocese dismisses her works as poorly written and say they do not reflect reality but has no plans to take any action against her.