Mortal Sins: Sex, Crime, and the Era of Catholic Scandal
Title | Mortal Sins: Sex, Crime, and the Era of Catholic Scandal PDF eBook |
Author | Michael D'Antonio |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Total Pages | 414 |
Release | 2013-04-09 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1250034396 |
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.
Mortal Sins
Title | Mortal Sins PDF eBook |
Author | Eileen Wilks |
Publisher | Penguin |
Total Pages | 352 |
Release | 2009-02-03 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781101002674 |
View our feature on Eileen Wilks’s Mortal Sins.FBI Agent Lily Yu and her werewolf lover are embroiled in a series of murders, each linked to a form of dangerous “death magic.”
Mortal Sins
Title | Mortal Sins PDF eBook |
Author | Penn Williamson |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 416 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | New Orleans (La.) |
ISBN | 9780007102686 |
1920s New Orleans: a city of bootleg gin, hot jazz, gangsters and voodoo. Slave shacks and swamps form the backdrop for gritty crime and dark, dark secrets…
Carnal Sin
Title | Carnal Sin PDF eBook |
Author | Allison Brennan |
Publisher | Ballantine Books |
Total Pages | 450 |
Release | 2010-06-22 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0345519213 |
Santa Louisa is still reeling from the lethal rampage of the demon Envy, one of the Seven Deadly Sins released from Hell by black magic. The fiendish entity was finally trapped, but when more bodies bearing satanic marks surface in Los Angeles, demon hunter Moira O’Donnell fears the terror has only just begun. Racing to L.A., Moira discovers that the City of Angels is fast becoming the demon Lust’s decadent playground. She suspects another coven is at work, aided indirectly by her diabolical mother, the powerful witch Fiona. But when Moira’s unwanted psychic powers intensify, she fears her connection to the underworld is putting everyone she cares about in grave danger. As supernatural war erupts, Moira and smoldering, seductive Rafe Cooper are caught in the crossfire. Cornered by mortal and unearthly enemies, they must master all their own powers to survive—and to understand if the intensely passionate feelings that bind them are Lust’s demon magic or true desire.
Summa Theologiae
Title | Summa Theologiae PDF eBook |
Author | Saint Thomas (Aquinas) |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Theology, Doctrinal |
ISBN |
The Seven Deadly Sins
Title | The Seven Deadly Sins PDF eBook |
Author | Frederick Rogers |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 152 |
Release | 1907 |
Genre | Deadly sins |
ISBN |
The Concept of Mortal Sin in Early Christianity
Title | The Concept of Mortal Sin in Early Christianity PDF eBook |
Author | Hubert Louis Motry |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 192 |
Release | 1920 |
Genre | Sin |
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