Death of an Altar Boy

The Unsolved Murder of Danny Croteau and the Culture of Abuse in the Catholic Church

By: E. J. Fleming

Narrated by: Peter Berkrot

The tragic death of 13-year-old Danny Croteau in 1972 faded from headlines and memories for 20 years until the Boston abuse scandal - a string of assaults taking place within the Catholic Church - exploded in the early 2000s. Despite numerous indications, including 40 claims of sexual misconduct with minors, pointing to him as Croteau's killer, Reverend Richard R. Lavigne remains "innocent."

Drawing on more than ten thousand pages of police and court findings and interviews with Danny's friends and family, fellow abuse victims, and church officials, the author uncovers the truth - church complicity in the cover-up and masking of priests' involvement in a ring of abusive clergy - behind Croteau's death and those who had a hand in it.

©2018 E. J. Fleming (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

excellent account of church pedaphiles. the murder

narrator is excellent. book very detailed and appalling. the murder is made more tragic by the cover up of church and police.

The Catholic Church is morally bankrupt!!

This book is extremely disturbing. I was raised Catholic, gave up on organized religion when I became old enough to learn what this religion is really all about. I could never support a religion that has protected child molesters for decades!! It actually makes me angry how they protected these monsters. I had a child molester priest in the church I belonged to. He died as a registered sex offender. This is a problem worldwide. There are thousands of men and women whose lives were ruined by the Catholic Church. The men who ignored and dismissed these crimes should rot in hell with the child molesters!!

Catholic Abuse & Cover Up

Story was told very well about an injustice serve on Danny & his loved ones

Priest gets away with murder.......

Why do people not educate their children about how these slime bags operate? Why didn't the parents understand what conditioning is? I would never let someone from the outside of the family get that close to my kids.....COMMON SENSE goes a long way too helping ýour children achieve boundaries that will save their lives.....also...quit living in fantasy land......teach them to always ĺisten to their inner voice that yells DANGER!!!!! RUN!!!!!! and be conscious of your kids actions......murder 101 folks......

Struggled to finish!

I struggled with this one! It angered me, broke my heart. A very good read!