SCOTLAND
Gay Star News
26 MAY 2013 | BY JEAN PAUL ZAPATA
Amazon.com has dropped from its website a book that reveals alleged gay sex cover-ups in the Catholic Church.
Priesthood in Crisis, written by Father Matthew Despard of St John Ogilvie church in High Blantyre, Lanarkshire, accuses the Catholic Church in Scotland of concealing a ‘powerful gay mafia’ of priests who engage in sexual acts with other men.
Despard says he warned Church leaders of what he saw, but nothing was done. The book is a personal account of the abuse and bullying the priest allegedly endured after rejecting sexual advances of other priests and fellow students.
Since its release earlier this year, the book became a best-seller online, ranking 125 out of 1.9 million books available for download to portable reading device Kindle. The book is no longer for sale on that website.
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