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The priestly sins

A new priest witnesses abuse in the church and is vilified by his superiors for making the case public, and years later, after being sent into various forms of exile by the hierarchy, he is called to testify in a court hearing that could put him at odds with the church and the public once again.

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  • "A new priest witnesses abuse in the church and is vilified by his superiors for making the case public, and years later, after being sent into various forms of exile by the hierarchy, he is called to testify in a court hearing that could put him at odds with the church and the public once again."@en
  • "Not since his runaway bestseller, The Cardinal Sins, has Father Andrew Greeley written such a searing and topical novel about the state of the Catholic ChurchThe Priestly Sins tells the story of Father Herman Hoffman, a gifted and innocent young man, who becomes swept up in "the Crisis" after witnessing child abuse in his first parish appointment. Soon, he is vilified for denouncing a priest who has been "cleared." He suffers the harsh fate of a whistle-blower when his Archdiocese has him committed to a mental health center. After his release, Father Hoffman is exiled by the Church to Chicago were he begins his graduate studies in immigrant history. There he encounters the legendary Monsignor Blackie Ryan, who helps him regain his confidence and demand a parish of his own. Reluctantly, the Church hierarchy assigns him to a dying parish. With zeal and charm, he revives the local church. His brief idyll is shattered by a subpoena to testify in a court hearing. If he speaks he will have to once again take on the establishment that is determined to destroy him. He faces exile not only from his parish but from the priesthood itself."@en
  • "Father Herman Hoffman, a gifted and innocent young priest who, during his first parish appointment, gets swept up in the "Crisis" after witnessing child abuse in the parish rectory. When he reports the abuse, he is rebuffed by the archbishop and, vilified for denouncing a priest who has been "cleared" by the police, learns the harsh fate of the whistleblower in the contemporary Catholic Church. Later, forced to testify in a court hearing, Father Hoffman faces exile not only from his parish but from the priesthood itself."@en

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  • "Psychological fiction"@en
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  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Christian fiction"@en
  • "Downloadable audio books"@en

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  • "The priestly sins"@en
  • "The Priestly sins"@en
  • "The priestly sins : a novel"@en
  • "The priestly sins a novel"@en

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