Sworn to Silence - A Young Boy. an Abusive Priest. a Buried Truth

It was March 29th 1975 when Brendan Boland was summoned to give evidence to a secret canonical inquiry. The altar boy had just celebrated his 14th birthday. He had been abused for almost three years by a priest who would become Irelands' most notorious pedophile. Now the church wanted to know exactly what happened. Brendan told them everything

About the author

BRENDAN BOLAND grew up in Dundalk, Co Louth, Ireland. Today he lives with his wife and childhood sweetheart Martina in the UK, where he works with a multinational media group.
DARRAGH MacINTYRE is an award-winning investigative reporter with BBC "Panorama," as well as a published author. He was the reporter and the presenter of the BBC "Panorama "programme, "The Shame of Catholic Church," broadcast in May 2012. Originally from Celbridge, County Kildare, Darragh now lives in Belfast with his wife and two daughters.

Summary

Sworn to Silence is the story of one boy’s quiet determination to stop wrongdoing. It is a story which the Irish Catholic church kept secret for almost four decades. This compelling and important book will present a candid and often moving first-hand account of events by Brendan Boland.

Product details

• Authors: Brendan Boland, Darragh Macintyre
• Publisher: O'brien Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.02.2015
• EAN: 9781847176370
• ISBN: 978-1-84717-637-0
• No. of pages: 289
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 196 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 249 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989)