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Blood on the rosary

Smethurst, Sue2019
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A heartfelt, brave and inspiring memoir about the power of speaking out. A brave nun. Her twin brother. The secrets and lies that would tear them apart. There is a special bond that twins share, an ethereal connection that can't be put into words. Margaret Harrod shared that unique bond with her twin brother Michael. As children they were inseparable and at age 22, together they gave their lives to the Catholic Church. Margaret became a nun and Michael a Salesian priest - it was the proudest day of their deeply religious parents' lives. Margaret cherishes those carefree childhood memories because the brother she adored is now in jail. Father Michael Aulsebrook pleaded guilty to multiple charges of molesting children, some as young as seven. And the unlikely whistleblower was his courageous twin sister. It cost Margaret everything, but she couldn't stay silent any longer about the damage her brother was wreaking in his community. Margaret knows of that damage firsthand, having had that trust betrayed herself. Blood on the Rosary is Margaret's story - how she sacrificed everything she held dear in the pursuit of the truth, and how she bravely fought her church and her community to bring paedophile priests to justice.
Main title:
Blood on the rosary / Sue Smethurst and Margaret Harrod.
Imprint:
Cammeray, N.S.W. : Simon & Schuster Australia, 2019.
Collation:
xxiii, 323 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (mostly colour), portraits (mostly colour) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"A brave nun. Her twin brother. The secrets and lies that would tear them apart." -- cover.
ISBN:
9781925533330
Dewey class:
364.153362.76
Language:
English
BRN:
314464
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
Beaumaris LibraryAdult Non Fiction - True Crime364.153 HARAvailable
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