Normal view MARC view ISBD view

Keneally, Thomas, 1935-

Crimes of the father / Tom Keneally. - North Sydney, N.S.W. Vintage Books, 2016 - 382 pages ; 24 cm.

Ex-communicated to Canada due to his radical preaching on the Vietnam War and other human rights causes, Father Frank Docherty is now a psychologist and monk. He returns to Australia to speak on abuse in the Church, and unwittingly is soon listening to stories from two different people - a young man, via his suicide note, and an ex-nun - who both claim to have been sexually abused by an eminent Sydney cardinal. This senior churchman is himself currently empannelled in a commission investigating sex abuse within the Church. As a man of character and conscience, Father Docherty finds he must confront each party involved in the abuse and cover-up to try to bring the matter to the attention of the Church itself, and to secular authorities.

ISBN: 9780857987112 0857987119

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sex crimes Australia Fiction. --Australia--Fiction.
Clergy Sexual behavior Australia Fiction. --Sexual behavior--Australia--Fiction.
Celibacy Catholic Church Fiction. --Catholic Church--Fiction.
Australian fiction.

Subjects--Index Terms: Australian

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Adventure fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: A823.4