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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The unbreakable child The unbreakable child Kim Michele Richardson "A harrowing account of the sexual, physical, and psychological abuse of orphans in a Roman Catholic orphanage and the subsequent legal action against the nuns and priest abusers as told by a survivo… OL13656937W
Blue Blue Danielle Steel When her husband and son are killed in a car accident days before Christmas, Ginny Carter tries to avoid her grief by becoming involved in human rights work in New York. OL17356837W
Pope Benedict XVI and the sexual abuse crisis Pope Benedict XVI and the sexual abuse crisis Gregory Erlandson Since 1985, the Catholic Church in the United States has been living in the shadow of the clerical sexual abuse crisis. There is no escaping the fact that Pope Benedict, as the former head of the Con… OL17742172W
Why I killed Peter Why I killed Peter Olivier Ka A semiautobiographical graphic novel in which a man reflects on his relationship with a priest who molested him when he was twelve years old and how it affected his life. OL17872388W
Betrayal Betrayal Kevin Cullen,Michael Paulson,The Investigative Staff of the Boston Globe,Matt Carroll,Thomas Farragher,Stephen Kurkjian,Sacha Pfeiffer,Michael Rezendes,Walter V. Robinson,Globe Newspaper Co This is the true story of how a small group of journalists uncovered child abuse on a vast scale - and held the Catholic Church to account. On 31 January 2002, the Boston Globe published a report tha… OL19123498W
Mortal sins Mortal sins Michael D'Antonio An explosive, sweeping account of the pedophile scandal that has sent the Catholic church into a tailspin and the fight to bring it to justice. OL19962604W
In God's House In God's House Ray Mouton This book is more than a novel. It's a testament to one of the most harrowing problems of our time. It's the story of one man's crusade to bring justice to the victims of child abuse. And it's a jour… OL20997478W
Sworn to silence Sworn to silence Brendan Boland 'After a little while he called the other boy over. Did the same to him. I heard everything. Father Smyth was a priest, a good man. But I knew that some rule had been broken.' Brendan was an eleven-y… OL21717268W
Alphonse Alphonse Carl Sever 313 pages ; 22 cm OL27466463W
Split Split Mary Dispenza "A long buried memory, a will to survive, and a quest to understand the unforgivable combine in this courageous memoir. As nun and teacher, Mary Dispenza served the church she loved. But when memorie… OL27683994W
Karadima, el señor de los infiernos Karadima, el señor de los infiernos María Olivia Monckeberg "El rostro de Jimmy Hamilton refleja una mezcla de impotencia y fuerza cuando se entrevista por primera vez con María Olivia Mönckeberg hace más de un año. En ese momento le asegura que son muchas la… OL27718513W
Bishop 2 Bishop 2 Johnson, R. M. At the close of Bishop, Larry Lakes was informed that Van, Robby and Urail, the young men Larry mentored as boys in the churchs youth ministry, were charging him with sexual molestation. OL28953033W
The Prudence of the Flesh The Prudence of the Flesh Ralph M. McInerny Gregory Barrett, a classmate of Father Dowling’s, left the priesthood twenty-five years ago. Now, after all these years, a woman threatens to bring a multimillion-dollar suit against him, alleging he… OL57312W