Study Sin, Shame Secrets: A True Story Of The Murder Of A Nun, The Conviction Of A Priest, And The Cover-up In The Catholic Church Picturized By David Yonke Available In PDF

found this book while searching for something else and most of my coworkers remember this case, which I do not remember hearing about at all up in Michigan.
A bizarre and thrilling read if you're a fan of true crime though it does read like a compilation of news articles and could've benefited from some editing.
The author writes for the Blade, however, so the style isn't a surprise, Overall, an INSANE true story that'll give you a shiver about living in the Midwest, It was a mustread for me, David Yonke is a journalist and so the book is written in that style, Saddened me and surprised me both about sexual abuses in the Catholic Church and the coverup by the dicese, I have lived in Toledo my whole life and interned and worked at this hospital, although I was not working there at the time of the murder.
The chapel was not located near the lab where I worked so I was not familiar with it at all, having only been near there a couple of times.
Grace Jones and her sister Bessie worked in the lab cleaning glassware and did a lot of cleaning for the microbiology department where I had worked and trained for the lab.
She was very friendly but it was very difficult to understand her as she had a severe speech impediment and was black, which is why, I believe, that the detectives initially ignored her in their investigation in.
Not being Catholic myself, I was amazed to learn of the strong grip the Church had on the police department at the time, I could not put the book down as I was incredulous to learn about both the history of Toledo and my previous employers history, I recommend this to my former coworkers and friends who want to know what truly happened in our city back in that era, I hold the Diocese and the police department responsible for the lack of justice that occurred in, and I am glad that the cold case unit was finally able to persevere long afterwards.
Larry Kiroff, one of the prosecutors, was a neighbor, His father was a well respected judge in Toledo for many years, I am glad that, with his help, the prosecutors office was able to bring charges and convict, Written like a cheap tabloid, the book covers the story the way everyone remembers it, In black and white. I won't spoil the outcome, so you can decide, But I could have done without the opinions on Yonke's part, Sad story of coverup,

It shocks me the extent of abuse and coverup by my Church, This is a real eye opener, A good read. Incredible, deep insight to a cold case that hit home to many, A must read especially for those interested in real cold cases, and for those who live in and around Toledo,
This was a hard book to read when realizing that there was so much collusion between the diocese and the police force to protect the image of the Church rather than to find and prosecute the murderer.
There were plenty of side stories about how satanic rites happened and child abuse as well, I thought the coverage was fair and handled with just the appropriate amount of detail, It makes it easier for me to understand how victims feel so violated by the Church, It is a shame when you cannot trust your clergy, It is even scarier yet to know you cant trust your church! I have not heard anything sincethat indicates they have made any effort to change the canon.
And that is a sin that they do not protect their parishioners any better than that, I never realized that they condoned lying to lawenforcement and keeping secrets, This book was a good documentary about the murder of Sister Margaret Ann Pahl, Being a Toledo resident, Ive always heard the horror stories of Father Robinsons santanic killing so reading the story of what had happened and getting a better understanding of the details in between the crime was captivating.
Well, I really wanted to read this book, It seems too incredible to be true, But the one thing this book does is strip away any illusions a person may have about the church, I was a member of the "faithful" for a long, long time, I don't think the character of Father Robinson was well developed, It would have been nice to hear what his brother and sisterinlaw believed, Inayear old nun was murdered in a hospital chapel where she worked, Overyears later, a priest who served as chaplain there was arrested, tried, and convicted of her murder, Living near Toledo, Ohio where the crime took place, I had heard of this case and from local media reports, I still had my doubts that the jury was correct in finding the priest guilty of the murder.
This author takes a strong stand to squash those concerns,

Reading this book was a fascinating look inside the case and the investigation that led police to charge Fr, Robinsonyears later. There are two sidestories to the crime: the coverup attempts by Toledo's Catholic diocese that perpetuated crimes of sexual abuse against children for decades and a second one I won't discuss here lest I spoil the book.
These two, coupled with the nun's murder, made for some disturbing yet unforgettable reading, Though the topic was disturbing, there are no heavily gory details, But the subject alone caused me to have a nightmare the first day of reading!

Being a practicing Catholic, I found the book very fair in its depiction of the clergy, however disturbing the facts are.
I encourage those who appreciate true crime and those who are outraged by the attempts of some in the Catholic church to coverup the child abuse to read this book.
It is worth your time! I'm not sure I would have enjoyed this quite as much if this wasn't in my backyard, Knowing some of the players in the book in person as well as having interned at the Diocese inmade this so fascinating to me.
Great read! This true crime book tells the story of the murder of an elderly nun in a hospital chapel on Holy Saturdaythe coverup involving police and the church, and the arrest by coldcase detectivesyears later of a Catholic priest.
Police believe the nun was the victim of a ritual killing, Father Gerald Robinson was convicted

of murder in a trial that shocked a city, a church and a nation, He was sentenced toyears to life in prison and died in a prison hospice in,
"Sin, Shame amp Secrets" unveils how coldcase investigators decided to reopen the case inafter a Toledo nun testified that Father Robinson had abused her in satanic rituals when she was a child.
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