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Tell no one : the son of a priest and a nun uncovers long-buried secrets
Watkins, Brendan2023
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A stunning memoir of one man's search for his birth parents, which uncovered an astonishing global scandal at the heart of the Catholic Church. Brendan Watkins was eight years old when his parents told him he was adopted. When he was in his late twenties, he started searching for his birth parents and eventually discovered the identity of his birth mother: he was told she was a Catholic nun. And she wanted nothing to do with him. For the next thirty years Brendan had no clues as to the identity of his birth father. In 2018, a DNA test provided the answer: he was the son of a priest. His father had studied in a Trappist monastery in Ireland, returned to Australia and become a celebrated outback missionary. After decades of searching and obstruction from the Catholic church, the whole truth was finally exposed. Brendan Watkins' birth parents were a Catholic priest and a nun. Tell No One reveals the moving story of that incredible discovery, and explores the questions, anxieties and reflections arising from his hidden past.
Main title:
Tell no one : the son of a priest and a nun uncovers long-buried secrets / Brendan Watkins.
Author:
Watkins, Brendan, author
Imprint:
Cammeraygal Coumtry ; Crows Nest, NSW : Allen and Unwin, 2023.©2023.
Collation:
xii, 356 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781761069994
Dewey class:
362.8298920.71
Language:
English
Subject:
Watkins, BrendanWatkins, Brendan -- FamilyCatholic ChurchAdopted children -- Australia -- BiographyBirthparents -- IdentificationCatholics -- Australia -- BiographyPriests -- AustraliaNuns -- AustraliaChildren of clergy -- Australia -- BiographyAdopted children -- Family relationships -- AustraliaFamily secrets -- AustraliaAutobiographies
BRN:
266836