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16%OFFMartin Ridge - Breaking The Silence - One Garda's Quest To Find The Truth - 9780717143979 - V9780717143979
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Breaking The Silence - One Garda's Quest To Find The Truth

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Description for Breaking The Silence - One Garda's Quest To Find The Truth Paperback. At Christmas 1997, a local priest Fr Eugene Greene reported to the Gardai that a man had tried to blackmail him. His hubris set in motion a Garda investigation which revealed him as a serial child sex abuser for decades. As word of the investigation spread, 26 men came forward. Most were from the tiny Gaeltacht parish of Gort an Choirce. Num Pages: 240 pages, col. Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HRCC7; JFFE1; JFFE2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 320.

Martin Ridge was approaching retirement after a long career with An Garda Síochána. Posted to a quiet corner of Co. Donegal, he found himself investigating one of the most horrific series of child sex abuse cases in Ireland.

At Christmas 1997 a local priest Fr Eugene Greene reported to the Gardaí that a man had tried to blackmail him. His hubris set in motion a Garda investigation which revealed him as a serial child sex abuser for decades. As word of the investigation spread, 26 men came forward. Most were from the tiny Gaeltacht parish of Gort an ... Read more

Soon after, another man came forward to say that he had been sexually abused by local schoolteacher Denis McGinley. As Ridge dug deeper, he discovered that McGinley had been systematically abusing children in his classroom for decades. He had at least 50 victims.

The Greene and McGinley cases both involved the Catholic Church. Greene was a priest, and McGinley a teacher in a Catholic school answerable to religious managers. As Ridge investigated, he discovered that the Church knew about the abuse, but ignored the problem. Breaking the Silence is a brilliantly written account of the Garda investigation that brought two serial and unrepentant abusers to justice.

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Product Details

Publisher
Gill Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9780717143979
SKU
V9780717143979
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99-10

About Martin Ridge
Martin Ridge is a retired member of An Garda Síochána, the Irish police force. Gerard Cunningham is a freelance journalist living in Co Kildare. A native of West Donegal, he writes for local and national outlets on topics as varied as crime and courts, politics, new technology, and local history, with a particular interest in archaeology ... Read more

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