The Pedophile Murders
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About the Book
What if villainous businessmen execute a plan to recruit preadolescent boys from among Brazil's homeless children, smuggle them into the United States, and sell them to rich pedophiles? THE PEDOPHILE MURDERS provides a fictional answer to this question. Pat Shannon, a New Orleans attorney-investigator, accepts two new clients, a priest and a nun. The priest and nun have no knowledge of each other and need the lawyer's assistance for different reasons. Father John Mulligan requests Pat to assist in finding a missing brother, a mentally ill man who also suffers from the disease of pedophilia. Sister Mary Margaret asks Pat to help identify the body of a murdered child, whom the nun believes is her missing brother from Brazil. She also requests the lawyer's assistance in securing American citizenship after she demits from Holy Orders. The lawyer uncovers the Colonna crime family smuggling Brazilian street children into the United States and selling them to pedophiles. Niccola Gabrini and Thomas Stuart run the pedophile operation in the United States. In Brazil, Captain Jose Porfirio, a policeman, and Piranhas, a bronze orphan from the jungles, recruit, train, and smuggle the children into the States. One of the American pedophiles is sadistic and slaughters his victims, one of whom is the nun's brother. Pat's investigation propels him into the New Orleans underworld and places him in open conflict with the crime family. As the story unfolds, the lawyer and former nun fall in love. Their plans for marriage are interrupted by Gabrini's attempt to assassinate Pat on the steps of Saint Louis Cathedral. While Pat lingers between life and death, the nun thinks her decision to demit Holy Orders may have contributed to this disturbing turn of events.
About the Author
Reverend Donald Corley resigned as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Gonzales, Texas in 1991 and retired, completing fifty years in the ministry. Dr. Corley moved to Arkadelphia, Arkansas, where he continued his hobby of writing fiction and teaching courses in philosophy at Henderson State University, as adjunct faculty. THE SHERIFF, Corley's first novel, was published in July, 2001. Prior to his pastorate in Texas, Reverend Corley completed a nine-year tenure as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Arkadelphia and three years at the First Presbyterian Church in Bastrop, Louisiana. From 1957 and lasting twenty years, Doctor Corley directed the hospital chaplains at the Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas, and organized and supervised the hospital's clinical pastoral education program. Corley graduated from Ouachita Baptist University, in Arkadelphia, and moved to New Orleans to attend the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, where he earned the B.D., Th.M., and Doctor of Theology degrees. Dr. Corley and Lynell celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary in 2000. They are the parents of three daughters, Donna (deceased), Betty, and Cindy. Although now seventy-five, Corley stated, "Advancing age places no limits on working toward goals, if a person modifies missed goals according to realistic circumstances. Any person of any age can start from scratch and learn to write: short stories, novels, poetry, essays, news features, magazine articles, technical articles, and letters to editors. Only an individual's interests set the limit to the type of writing attempted."