In God's House

"I knew this would be the first case of its kind.I knew this case would command newspaper headlines and television news the world over. And I knew the truth." When brilliant young lawyer Renon Chattelrault agreed to defend the first ever priest to stand trial for child abuse, he knew it would be controversial. But it was a high-profile case, and he wanted publicity, money, and fame. Instead, it would cost him his career, his family and his faith. Because what Chattelrault unearths in the course of his legal research is a vast conspiracy in the Roman Catholic Church - a conspiracy whose tendrils reach from his tiny Louisiana diocese to the gates of the Vatican itself. For years, the Church has been allowing and then covering up appalling crimes against children. Hundreds of thousands of children have had their lives destroyed. Hundreds of bishops are implicated, and so is the Pope himself. Most men would stand aside. But Chattelrault is not most men. With evidence he has gathered from his time on the case, he mounts an epic crusade to bring the Church's crimes to light and punish their perpetrators. For twenty years, he lives and breathes this fight for justice. It will cost him everything he has.Hard-hitting and uncompromising, this astonishing story reads like a Grisham thriller, but rings true in virtually every detail. This is a book to stay with you, long after you've turned the last page.