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Beyond Belief: Abused by His Priest, Betrayed by His Church, the Story of the Boy Who Sued the Pope: His Church The Story Of The Boy Who Sued The Pope

By O'Gorman , Colm

Book information

Publisher
Hodder Paperback, Hodder & Stoughton;[distributor] Bookpoint
Year
2010
ISBN
978-0-340-92528-7, 0340925280
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
279 kB (285459 bytes)
Pages
320\0
Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00
Abused children.;Adult child sexual abuse victims.

Description

'I was living in a world where a priest who spoke the words of God used me for sex, and there was no-one to tell. The world where this horror happened didn't exist for anyone else.' As a boy in Ireland where everyone - from among his own neighbours to the powers of church and state - chose to deny that a priest could sexually assault a child, Colm O'Gorman felt only shame, guilt and fear at the regular rape and abuse he suffered. But Colm would go on to make history, successfully suing the Roman Catholic Church, asking questions of the Pope himself and creating a watershed in history as hundreds more victims found the courage to report their abuse. Beyond Belief is a powerful story of a young man's shame turning to outrage, and demonstrates that - whatever our past hurts - there is hope for the future if we are prepared to stand for truth

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