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A Predator Priest (Kindle Single)
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Published
July 20th 2011
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This is a Kindle "Single." I guess it's a good idea. Reads like a nice, in-depth New Yorker article (a good thing.) (People unfamiliar with Bissonette's story should stop reading here.) The story follows the tragic career of a very troubled priest, Father Barney Bissonette, who, unconscionably, was moved from one parish to another in order for the Catholic Church to hide Bissonette's proclivity for molesting church acolytes.
One family of thirteen -- despite several very dangerous pregnancies the...more
One family of thirteen -- despite several very dangerous pregnancies the...more
I read this probably back in August or September. I review nearly everything I read, but I just didn't have any enthusiasm for this one, any drive to talk about it. The good news is that it's a cheap read, and so if the topic interests you then you won't be losing much in the gamble. Perhaps it's a matter of this story being all too familiar, and so the stark recitation of facts just doesn't seem like more than you'd get in a newspaper story. At this point, I don't need to be convinced that the...more
This story desperately needed to be to told on behalf of all the victimized children that fell into the clutches of this pedophile priest, Barney Bissonnette. All the church leaders involved in this scandal(and for decades covering it up) deserve to rot in prison for the rest of their lives for the irreparable damage done to so many innocent children. Sadly, this will never happen, but perhaps as more victims speak out, the church will lose it's power to destroy lives and perpetuate evil. Here i...more
While visiting my dad one weekend, I had read an article on this book (available only on Kindle at present) and it caught my interest since both the author, and the main family in the story, the Deary's, were reidents of Putnam CT, near my own hometown. Though the issue is all too familiar by now, a pedophile preying on victims in his own church, having the story told by the family of one of the victims of this despicable crime makes it even more disturbing. A true account of how sexual abuse ca...more
This is a short book that I read in an afternoon. It is a true story which follows one Catholic priest who molests boys throughout his career as a priest.
One of his early victims, a boy from a large and devout family, is mentally tortured by his experience in his youth, and lives a troubled life. After he commits suicide at age 46, his siblings go on a hunt to find the priest (Bernard Bissonnette) and to confront him.
This story is reported factually, much like an in-depth newspaper article. It i...more
One of his early victims, a boy from a large and devout family, is mentally tortured by his experience in his youth, and lives a troubled life. After he commits suicide at age 46, his siblings go on a hunt to find the priest (Bernard Bissonnette) and to confront him.
This story is reported factually, much like an in-depth newspaper article. It i...more
This story was heartbreaking. I myself know of someone who was molested by a "Brother" when he was a kid in a seminary camp in NY. Ever since finding this out I have read others stories in hope of better understanding what he went through as well. This person i know was very similar to tommy in this story. He has had many problems with drugs and alcohol and women. He also has an anger problem. At times I have worried that he would kill himself as well, but thankfully all these years later, he se...more
This was an informative and suprisingly quick and interesting read. It is not fictionalized or sensationalized but rather explores the various failings of the Catholic Church, the Pope and individual priests and bishops involved in the decades long cover up regarding the sexual molestation and abusive activities of a priest that took 42 years (and the persistence of a beloved brother of one of the victims) to finally defrock. The story is unfortunately too familiar. If you are morbidly curious a...more
This selection was a 'single'-- a short read and is an expose of some families whose lives were destroyed by a priest through sexual abuse, rape and sodomy. What is so absolutely shocking about the book isn't the abuse by a priest (anyone who hasn't been living in a box is aware that sexual predators in the clergy are rampant) but that these sexual predators seemed to have flocked to a career in the church. Why? Because they knew they would be hidden.
This book makes it shockingly apparent how co...more
This book makes it shockingly apparent how co...more
About Tommy Deary who sadly could NOT ‘get over it’ and his brothers who would not ‘let it go’ and Bernard Bissonnette [deceased] the priest abuser predator perpetrator and the leaders in the ‘catholic church’ who overlooked and excused the molestation s of boys . . .
Very important book – the best way to deal with abusers is to expose them, shine the light on them and let them know everyone is watching them . . . I read this as a kindle single it did not take long to read it
Very important book – the best way to deal with abusers is to expose them, shine the light on them and let them know everyone is watching them . . . I read this as a kindle single it did not take long to read it
This is a short, sad story about sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, by one priest that took advantage of dozens of young boys. It is so sad to me that he got away with what he did to those boys, leaving them scared for life.
A very interesting and well-researched read.
A very interesting and well-researched read.
Follows the history of pedophile priest that predates what was uncovered in the last 10 years in the Catholic Church. The sad part is that it took so long for this type of activity to come out in the open. The affected victims resulted in depression, confusion with their lives and suicide. A quick read.
Very powerful and moving story of a predator who happens to be a priest. Much has been written about the extended denial of the issue by the Catholic church but it is still a story that touches and disgusts.
I was very disheartened to know that this was still going on was concealed from the communities. These individuals should have been exposed and convicted for the disgusting pedophiles they are!!
Read this. It's timely, terrifying, and enraging. If you still put money in the coffers of the Roman Catholic church.... read it twice.
A great insight of how the Catholic church hid the sins of their priests. What an injustice to the victims and their families.
A deeper look at just one figure in the pedophile priest scandals. A disturbing but important story.
Very disturbing true story!!! Parents need to be aware of these type of predators out there!
Kindle single.
New Yorker type article looking at a pedophile priest. Engrossing.
New Yorker type article looking at a pedophile priest. Engrossing.
Los kindle single tienen esa peculiaridad, es la extensión natural, a lo mejor muy largo para artículo, muy corto para libro.
En este caso se trata sobre un pedofilo sacerdote católico y como sus crímenes fueron impunes por años a pesar de arruinar tantas vidas.
Este en particular se defendió hasta el cansancio y nunca reconoció haber hecho daño.
No es una novela , por ello no son validas las quejas de que es anti-climatico el encuentro con la familia de una de sus víctimas, que sirven más bien com...more
En este caso se trata sobre un pedofilo sacerdote católico y como sus crímenes fueron impunes por años a pesar de arruinar tantas vidas.
Este en particular se defendió hasta el cansancio y nunca reconoció haber hecho daño.
No es una novela , por ello no son validas las quejas de que es anti-climatico el encuentro con la familia de una de sus víctimas, que sirven más bien com...more
This will make you angry, amazing how long this crap was allowed to go on.
Apr 02, 2013
Linda
added it
Another sad account of a pedophile priest and the lives he ruined.
It was a good story, but it wasn't written very well.
This short book blew me away. I mean, I had no idea. No. Idea.
interesting read if your interested in this sort of thing ...
Interesting story, but somehow felt incomplete.
Apr 25, 2013
Courtney
marked it as to-read
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Dec 30, 2011 09:08am
Loved your comment about it reading like a New Yorker article. I really see that.
Jan 22, 2012 05:22am