SCOTLAND
Daily Record
A WHISTLE-BLOWING churchman’s best-selling book featuring explosive claims about gay bullies in the Catholic priesthood has been pulled by web giants Amazon.
Priesthood in Crisis by Father Matthew Despard was released in the wake of the Cardinal Keith O’Brien scandal.
The shocking account – which accuses church leaders of covering up powerful homosexual cliques in the priesthood – became an online bestseller, charting at No.125 out of 1.9 million digital books available on Amazon.
But the controversial book has been axed from the website’s Kindle store.
Amazon say it is no longer available because it does not adhere to their guidelines.
Sources in the Catholic Church have suggested that Father Despard could face legal action from one of the subjects named in his self-published book.
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