Crimes of the father
Keneally, Thomas, 1935-2017
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Expelled from the archdiocese of Sydney as a young priest for his outspoken views on the Vietnam War, Father Frank Docherty returns to Australia in 1996 to speak at a conference on paedophilia within the Catholic Church. He had hoped to spend time with his mother and old friends. Instead, he finds himself caught up in the cases of two people who claim to have been sexually abused by an eminent Sydney cleric - one the son of Docherty's former parishioner, the other a former nun. And the cleric in question is brother to the woman Docherty fell in love with many years before. If the accusations are true, the consequences for many will be devastating, but Docherty has to follow his conscience.
Main title:
Crimes of the father / Thomas Keneally.
Author:
Keneally, Thomas, 1935-, author
Imprint:
London : Sceptre, 2017.
Collation:
ix, 382 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Originally published: Australia: Vintage, 2016.
ISBN:
9781473625365 (hbk)
Dewey class:
823.914FFICTION
Local class:
F
Language:
English
BRN:
2490811