An explosive, sweeping account of the pedophile scandal that has sent the Catholic church into a tailspin and the fight to bring it to justice.

Clerical culture -- The Church knows -- Sexual intellectuals -- Spiritual betrayal -- The Catholic States of America -- A weeping priest -- Five brothers, three victims -- The angels had to cry -- "What did the priest do to you, Greg?" -- The measure of the elephant -- Willful indifference -- An attitude of resistance -- The meaning of memory -- The pendulum swings -- Pushback -- "Would a bishop lie? -- Oliver O'Grady -- By other means -- Paper chase -- Catholic guilt -- The open window -- A reckoning -- "Don't trust me" -- A rolling catastrophe.