Death of an Altar Boy

<p> The tragic death of 13-year-old Danny Croteau in 1972 faded from headlines and memories for 20 years until the Boston abuse scandal--a string of assaults within the Catholic Church--exploded in the early 2000s. Despite numerous indications--including 40 claims of sexual misconduct with minors--pointing to him as Croteau's killer the Reverend Richard R. Lavigne remains innocent.</p><p> Drawing on more than 10000 pages of police and court records and interviews with Danny's friends and family fellow abuse victims and church officials the author uncovers the truth--church complicity in a cover up and the masking of priests' involvement in a ring of abusive clergy--behind Croteau's death and those who had a hand in it.</p>