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Title: Unto Us a Child: Abuse and Deception in the Catholic Church by Donald T. Phillips ISBN: 1-930819-22-6 Publisher: Tapestry Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Scandals That Have Rocked The Catholic Church
Comment: For the past several years there have been several books written about the scandals that have rocked the Catholic Church.
Unto Us A Child is another one of these horrendous stories only this time with a different twist.
New York Times best selling author Donald R. Phillips relates in Unto Us A Child how an entire family of seven children were placed into an orphanage and subjected to unbelievable acts of cruelty at the hands of some of the nuns and priests who were the administrators of this orphanage.
More particularly, it is the story of the Albert children from Kansas, who, when they were very young, were placed under the care of a Catholic run institution because their parents were too poor to feed them or care for them.
While living in the orphanage they were constantly subjected to vicious behaviour on the part of their caretakers.
How can you rationalize the molestation of the Albert boys by an alcoholic priest...?
Where is justice where another priest had a continuous ... relationship with one of the under-aged Albert sisters eventually leading to her impregnation and probably the cause of her suicide years later?
This same priest today is no longer a member of the clergy; however, he is presently living in a Catholic retirement community, and was never brought before the courts for the crime of [being] with a minor.
Ironically, it was this same priest, who with the alcoholic ..., made sure that the scandal was all hushed up and that the child born out of wedlock was put up for adoption.
Phillips was apprised of this inconceivable and painful story when one of the grandchildren of the Albert family, who worked for him, related this tragedy and asked him if he wanted to write about it.
After careful investigating the various facts and interviewing the Albert brothers (two of the sisters were already deceased), Phillips decided to pursue the matter and "tell all."
There will probably be howls of anger after readers have the opportunity to ponder over the gravity of the crimes committed.
The damning evidence meticulously exposed in the book uncovers lies ... and injustice that underline the enormity of the problem that has beset the Catholic Church in recent years.
No doubt, many readers will shake their heads and ask themselves, how could members of the clergy break the sacred rule "do unto others as you would have others do unto you."
Rating: 5
Summary: Such a sad story
Comment: This is such a sad story, but one that needs to be read. To think that the Catholic church is so callous is heart-breaking, but we have read enough of these types of stories recently to know that it is true. The hierarchy within the church are not only callous but are self-righteous and even hateful, in my view. This family suffered so terribly and unnecessarily, each and every one from the parents down to the 9 children and beyond, that it is a heartache.
This book is so well researched and written, it certainly deserves a higher priority in the bookstores! I just happened to come across it on a table of "new books" in my local bookstore; I am saddened that it won't be widely read, because it needs to be. We cannot continue to blindly trust huge establishments, such as the Catholic (or any) Church; and we must fight injustice all the way, as this family did. Unfortunately, outdated laws are preventing the remaining family members from any sort of justice, let alone compensation, but maybe laws will be changed down the line and these people will find the courage and strength (not to mention money and time) to continue their battle. I am ashamed of the Church. I have come to despise it. Please read this book and see what they have done to our children and to it's members who have taken a wrong step when they were minors......
Rating: 5
Summary: A Very Sad Story
Comment: I agree completely with the review from New York.
This book was not an easy read. It is very disturbing. I have read (and heard on TV) many stories about abuse in the Catholic church, but never one that includes so many members of one family. Of course, the Catholic church felt there was no truth to these stories (and the priest who determined this is now the Bishop in Dodge City, Kansas). I am not sure how he could come to this conclusion since there was a baby that was born after one priest sexually abused one of the daughters from the age of thirteen (Eventually the priest was defrocked after another paternity issue arose).
The Catholic church must address these issues. They WILL NOT go away. The victims deserve justice.
I can see this book being made into a movie. It is truly the most disturbing story I have yet to hear involving abuse in the Catholic church.
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Title: A Gospel of Shame: Children, Sexual Abuse, and the Catholic Church by Frank Bruni, Elinor Burkett ISBN: 0060522321 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 04 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Pedophiles and Priests: Anatomy of a Contemporary Crisis by Philip Jenkins ISBN: 0195145976 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic Church by Investigative Boston Globe ISBN: 0316776750 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 03 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Our Fathers : The Secret Life of the Catholic Church in an Age of Scandal by David France ISBN: 0767914309 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 20 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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