David L. Gray (born 1972 in

Warren, Ohio Warren is a city in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. The population was 39,201 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Located along the Mahoning River, Warren lies approximately northwest of Youngstown, Ohio, Y ...

) is an American

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theologian Theology is the study of religious belief from a religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of ...

, author, speaker, and media host. He is the president and publisher of Saint Dominic's Media and is a

convert from

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. Prior to his conversion to Catholicism, he was a

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and an author and speaker on the history of

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Biography

David L. Gray was born in 1972 to Oscar Scott and Gwendolyn McCullough and was raised in Warren, Ohio. After battling academic challenges as a child, he went on to graduate from

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in 1991, and then from

Central State University Central State University (CSU) is a public, historically black land-grant university in Wilberforce, Ohio, United States. It is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Established by the state legislature in 1887 as a two-y ...

in 1997 with a bachelor of science degree in business management. After converting to Catholicism, he studied at

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and later earned his Master of Arts in Theology from

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in 2017. After graduating from Ohio Dominican University, Gray founded Saint Dominic's Media, which has produced titles concerning Catholic liturgical theology and Catholic history. In 2025, Gray began studying for a Doctorate of Ministry in Liturgical Catechesis from

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. Prior to his conversion to Catholicism, Gray was a Freemason, and, as such, he authored the book ''Inside Prince Hall'' and had become District Deputy Grand Lecturer of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Ohio, an appointed officer in the Ohio Lodge of Research of the Grand Lodge of Ohio, the 2002 Australian & New Zealand Masonic Research Council touring lecturer, elected a Fellow in the Phylaxis Society, co-founder and first editor-in-chief of the Dr. Charles H. Wesley Masonic Research Society, and elected to the Brotherhood of the Blue Forget Me Not, a mainstream US based organization, for his contributions to Masonic education. After growing up nominally Protestant and frequenting the

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, Gray has stated he owes his conversion to Catholicism through an encounter in 2004 with Jesus Christ who audibly spoke to him while he was in the process of attempting suicide, and then later attending a

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, which eventually lead him to enter the

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in 2006, while still incarcerated (2004 - 2010) on charges related to embezzlement. From January 13, 2021, to early 2022, the David L. Gray Show - Voicing Truth and Reason was added to the

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lineup. This weekly talk format program consisted of monologues and guest interviews on various aspects of the Catholic faith, with a politically-right perspective on social topics.

Published books

*Inside Prince Hall --- (Anchor Communications, LLC, 2004) *Dead on Arrival: The Seven Fatal Errors of Sola-Scriptura (Bible Only) --- (self-published, 2010) *Cooperating with God: Life with the Cross --- (self-published, 2012) *Cooperating with God: The Bridegroom's Prayer --- (self-published, 2012) *History of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Ohio F&AM 1971-2011: The Fabric of Freemasonry --- (MWPHGL of Ohio, 2012) *The Divine Symphony: An Exordium to the Theology of the Catholic Mass --- (Saint Dominic's Media, 2018) *The Catholic Catechism on Freemasonry: A Theological and Historical Treatment on the Catholic Church's Prohibition Against Freemasonry and its Appendant Masonic Bodies --- (Saint Dominic's Media, 2020) *Catholic, Traditional & Black: In Anthology and Discourse --- (Saint Dominic's Media, 2022) *Compendium of the Catholic Catechism on Freemasonry: A Theological and Historical Treatment on the Catholic Church's Prohibition Against Freemasonry and its Appendant Masonic Bodies --- (Saint Dominic's Media, 2023)

References

External links

Official website

David L. Gray
on

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