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A review by leemac027
Crimes of the Father by Thomas Keneally
4.0
Thomas Kenneally is an intense story teller but this book made me very angry.
Like most people I am very aware of the Catholic church's struggle to admit they had a huge issue with paedophilia across the ranks of the priesthood. This book shows how easy it was for the church to hide and facilitate the perpetrators - this is what made me angry.
There was never any appetite for the Church to accept any wrongdoing and their focus was to evade bad press coverage and come to confidential agreements, which included payouts, to its many victims. As we know this all fell to pieces but there is still no confidence that the church has adequately dealt with these issues globally.
Keneally also shows how anyone within the church that tried to bring these crimes to light, could be silenced and that it takes a very strong person to continue to pursue justice. It also shows victim impact and how many different ways these brave people had to face (or hide) what happened to them.
A very sad book considering that these crimes are still coming to light.
Like most people I am very aware of the Catholic church's struggle to admit they had a huge issue with paedophilia across the ranks of the priesthood. This book shows how easy it was for the church to hide and facilitate the perpetrators - this is what made me angry.
There was never any appetite for the Church to accept any wrongdoing and their focus was to evade bad press coverage and come to confidential agreements, which included payouts, to its many victims. As we know this all fell to pieces but there is still no confidence that the church has adequately dealt with these issues globally.
Keneally also shows how anyone within the church that tried to bring these crimes to light, could be silenced and that it takes a very strong person to continue to pursue justice. It also shows victim impact and how many different ways these brave people had to face (or hide) what happened to them.
A very sad book considering that these crimes are still coming to light.