description: Fallen Order reveals, for the very first time anywhere, how 300 years ago, Calasanz, the patron saint of all Catholic schools, demonstrably covered up the first recorded child sex scandal in the church's history—one that reached such proportions that the Pope took the (literally) unprecedented step of shutting a religious order down. Until this point, no religious order had ever been shut down by papal decree (with the possible exception of the legendary Knights Templar). Fallen Order draws on documents that have never been seen before, and this story is completely new. The present Catholic Church has based its defense in recent sex scandals on the fact that it has only recently become aware of child abuse. This book exposes this claim as an absolute lie.
language: English
title: Fallen Order: Intrigue, Heresy & Scandal in the Rome of Galileo & Caravaggio
titlecomplete: Fallen Order: Intrigue, Heresy & Scandal in the Rome of Galileo & Caravaggio
genres: Historical, Religion, Nonfiction, History, Christianity
ratings_count: 71
publisher: Atlantic Books