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MORTAL SINS
Taschenbuch von Michael D'Antonio
Sprache: Englisch

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A Publishers Weekly Best Nonfiction Book of 2013

A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2013

An Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime Nominee

An explosive, sweeping account of the scandal that has sent the Catholic Church into a tailspin -- and the brave few who fought for justice

In the mid-1980s a dynamic young monsignor assigned to the Vatican's embassy in Washington set out to investigate the problem of sexually abusive priests. He found a scandal in the making, confirmed by secret files revealing complaints that had been hidden from police and covered up by the Church hierarchy. He also understood that the United States judicial system was eager to punish offenders and those who aided them. He presented all of this to the American bishops, warning that the Church could be devastated by negative publicity and bankrupted by its legal liability. They ignored him.

Meanwhile, a young lawyer listened to a new client describe an abusive sexual history with a priest that began when he was ten years old. His parents' complaints were downplayed by Church officials who offered them money to go away. The lawyer saw a claim that any defendant would want to settle. Then he began to suspect he was onto something bigger, involving thousands of priests who had abused countless children while the Church had done almost nothing about it. The lawsuit he filed would touch off a legal war of historic and global proportions.

Part history, part journalism, and part true-crime thriller, Michael D'Antonio's Mortal Sins brings to mind landmark books such as All the President's Men, And the Band Played On, and The Informant, as it reveals a long and ferocious battle for the soul of the largest and oldest organization in the world.

A Publishers Weekly Best Nonfiction Book of 2013

A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2013

An Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime Nominee

An explosive, sweeping account of the scandal that has sent the Catholic Church into a tailspin -- and the brave few who fought for justice

In the mid-1980s a dynamic young monsignor assigned to the Vatican's embassy in Washington set out to investigate the problem of sexually abusive priests. He found a scandal in the making, confirmed by secret files revealing complaints that had been hidden from police and covered up by the Church hierarchy. He also understood that the United States judicial system was eager to punish offenders and those who aided them. He presented all of this to the American bishops, warning that the Church could be devastated by negative publicity and bankrupted by its legal liability. They ignored him.

Meanwhile, a young lawyer listened to a new client describe an abusive sexual history with a priest that began when he was ten years old. His parents' complaints were downplayed by Church officials who offered them money to go away. The lawyer saw a claim that any defendant would want to settle. Then he began to suspect he was onto something bigger, involving thousands of priests who had abused countless children while the Church had done almost nothing about it. The lawsuit he filed would touch off a legal war of historic and global proportions.

Part history, part journalism, and part true-crime thriller, Michael D'Antonio's Mortal Sins brings to mind landmark books such as All the President's Men, And the Band Played On, and The Informant, as it reveals a long and ferocious battle for the soul of the largest and oldest organization in the world.

Über den Autor
As part of a team of journalists from Newsday, MICHAEL D'ANTONIO won the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting before going on to write many acclaimed books, including Atomic Harvest, The State Boys Rebellion, and The Truth About Trump. He has also written for Esquire, The New York Times Magazine, and Sports Illustrated. He lives in New York.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. Clerical Culture
2. The Church Knows
3. Sexual Intellectuals
4. Spiritual Betrayal
5. The Catholic States of America
6. A Weeping Priest
7. Five Brothers; Three Victims
8. The Angels Had to Cry
9. "What Did the Priest Do to You, Greg?"
10. The Mea sure of the Elephant
11. Willful Indifference
12. An Attitude of Resistance
13. The Meaning of Memory
14. The Pendulum Swings
15. Pushback
16. "Would a Bishop Lie?"
17. Oliver O'Grady
18. By Other Means
19. Paper Chase
20. Catholic Guilt
21. The Open Window
22. A Reckoning
23. "Don't Trust Me"
24. A Rolling Catastrophe
Postscript
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Selected Chapter Notes
Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Genre: Religion & Theologie
Religion: Christentum
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 414
ISBN-13: 9781250049803
ISBN-10: 1250049806
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: D'Antonio, Michael
Redaktion: Joseph, Peter
Hersteller: St. Martin's Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 24 mm
Von/Mit: Michael D'Antonio
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.02.2014
Gewicht: 0,669 kg
preigu-id: 105617522
Über den Autor
As part of a team of journalists from Newsday, MICHAEL D'ANTONIO won the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting before going on to write many acclaimed books, including Atomic Harvest, The State Boys Rebellion, and The Truth About Trump. He has also written for Esquire, The New York Times Magazine, and Sports Illustrated. He lives in New York.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. Clerical Culture
2. The Church Knows
3. Sexual Intellectuals
4. Spiritual Betrayal
5. The Catholic States of America
6. A Weeping Priest
7. Five Brothers; Three Victims
8. The Angels Had to Cry
9. "What Did the Priest Do to You, Greg?"
10. The Mea sure of the Elephant
11. Willful Indifference
12. An Attitude of Resistance
13. The Meaning of Memory
14. The Pendulum Swings
15. Pushback
16. "Would a Bishop Lie?"
17. Oliver O'Grady
18. By Other Means
19. Paper Chase
20. Catholic Guilt
21. The Open Window
22. A Reckoning
23. "Don't Trust Me"
24. A Rolling Catastrophe
Postscript
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Selected Chapter Notes
Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Genre: Religion & Theologie
Religion: Christentum
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 414
ISBN-13: 9781250049803
ISBN-10: 1250049806
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: D'Antonio, Michael
Redaktion: Joseph, Peter
Hersteller: St. Martin's Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 24 mm
Von/Mit: Michael D'Antonio
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.02.2014
Gewicht: 0,669 kg
preigu-id: 105617522
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