| Gone to Hell: True Crimes of America's Clergy Contributor(s): Radic, Randall (Author) |
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ISBN: 1550228978 ISBN-13: 9781550228977 Publisher: ECW Press OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2009 Annotation: Extortion, embezzlement, drunk driving, theft, mafia ties, and even murder make up this collection of true stories of priests gone bad. A parish priest is revealed as the culprit twenty years after a nun is murdered as part of a satanic ritual inside their chapel. Another priest flees to Ireland, leaving his colleague behind to take the fall after embezzling more than eight million dollars from an affluent Palm Beach church. A third crashes his car into a crowded restaurant while driving drunk, injuring 10 people, and then employs shady defense tactics in the ensuing civil lawsuits. These stories and more are dramatically recounted through full research and vivid detail. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - True Crime - Religion | Christianity - History |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6.02" W x 8.94" (0.92 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Religious Orientation - Catholic |
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| Publisher Description: Theft, extortion, embezzlement, mafia ties, drunk driving and even murder -- these are the true stories of priests gone bad. It's a dark and windy Easter in Toledo, Ohio when Sister Margaret is found murdered in the chapel, the victim of a Satanic ritual. Twenty years later her murderer is revealed to be the parish priest Father Gerald. Monsignor Skehan and Father Guinan embezzled 8.1 million dollars from their affluent Palm Beach, Florida, church, Guinan fleeing to Ireland and leaving Skehan to face the music. Father Fink of Texas crashed his car into a restaurant while driving drunk, injuring ten people. The civil lawsuits that ensued featured innovative -- and shady -- defense tactics. Radic dramatically retells these stories and many others, drawing on his personal trials as a pastor convicted of embezzlement, forgery, and fraud. |