The Altar Boys
$31.99
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
20 August 2020
Summary
Glen Walsh and Steven Alward were childhood friends in their tight-knit working-class community in Shortland, on the outskirts of Newcastle, New South Wales. Both proud altar boys at the local Catholic church, they went on to attend the city’s Catholic boys’ highs schools: Glen to Marist Brothers and Steven to St Pius X. Both did well: Steven became a journalist; Glen a priest. But when Glen discovered another priest was sexually abusing boys, he reported the offending to police, breaking Can…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780733340178 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0733340172 |
| Author: | Suzanne Smith |
| Publisher: | ABC Books |
| Imprint: | ABC Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 20 August 2020 |
| Weight: | 460g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 155mm x 28mm |
About The Author
Suzanne Smith
Suzanne Smith is a six-time Walkley Award- and two-time Logie award-winning journalist. Her 27-year career in journalism includes senior editorial roles at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, including on Foreign Correspondent, Background Briefing, Radio National, ABC News, and Radio Current Affairs. She was the senior investigative reporter and producer at Lateline on ABC TV reporting stories on the cover up of clerical abuse, which helped trigger the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Australia. She has also written for Crikey and The Australian, and held various roles in the commercial media.
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