Whistleblower

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"When Louise Deans set out in 1982 to be ordained as an Anglican priest she had no idea that the man appointed by the Bishop to be her mentor and spiritual advisor would, through sexual harassment, wreak havoc in her life. Nor could she have known that when she reported her experiences to the church they would greet her complaint with resistance and hositility. "Whistleblower" is the author's daring exposure of sexual abuse in the Anglican Church in New Zealand and of the hierarchical attituded and exploitation of power that the church used to dismiss her genuine complaints, to cover up, and to protect themselves and the male perpetrator. The author discovered that other female colleagues had suffered similar abuse. This is also the story of how these women banded together to try to gain recognition, compensation and apology from the church." -- Back cover.

subjects: Clergy,  Sexual behavior,  Sexual abuse victims,  Sexual misconduct by clergy,  Sexual harassment of women,  Sex crimes,  Women priests,  Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia