Altar of Secrets: Sex, Politics, and Money in the Philippine Catholic Church Kindle Edition

Rufo sheds light on a closeted organization and does it through an excellent journalistic endeavor. Here are interviews of prominent and relevant characters in the politics of the Catholic Church in the Philippine setting. Insomuch as he exposes the scandals that has beset the organization, Rufo also brings you to the roots of such anomalous behavior. His analysis starts at the organizational structure and moves on link by link in the chain of events that led to the church's major scandals. More importantly, this book paints a vivid historical account of how legacies within the church were established as well as the ways with which these were thrown asunder. Rufo could have expounded his interviews to rural priests as I'm sure their stories would be wealthy resources for the scandals he gave light to.This book exists as a challenge, to put it bluntly, for the clergymen to wake up from being full of themselves and face the challenges of the times.

Quite premature ? Is this a requirement for reading this book on kindle. I ordered a book and shld not be bothered at this time. If i have to do this for few chapters i read in no time i can just ditch kindle and spend time in the library which is a short exercise walk from home. No offense.

Nice book, good storytelling, solid research, compelling plot and inetresting characters. Hope politicians learn from this. Recommend to lay folks.

I had to buy a Kindle just to read this book since it is now out of print (I suspect the Catholic church has something to do with it). The information contained here should test the faith of the faithful.

Just...wow! Read it and challenge your diocese, demand more from your leaders. It is no longer a case of a few bad apples spoiling the barrel.

Disturbing down to its core. To be honest, I can only read one chapter at a time and then have to take a hiatus. It saddens the heart and mind to learn that a social entity designed to support the best among people is so morally and spiritually corrupt. One can only wonder, however, how similar other social institutions mirror the RCC in the Philippines.

The expose' was shocking.

The Catholic Church in the Philippines is not 1, 2, 7 people.Reads like separate, disparate articles combined to comprise a book.

It opens another set of probable truths about the Church which was kept from public knowledge.

The true at last. After working their and seeing all. It is a must read for the knowledge of truth.

A factual narrative on rumors and secret talks of the town, a scholarly thesis on the subject, a Columbo-type of detective work... Will recommend it to anyone looking for answers to questions on the role that money, politics and sex play in the Philippine Catholic Church.

I did not like it , and I did not finish it because I found this book to be just a boring description of facts.

Good