Killers of Innocence, A Dramatization of True Events

By Julie Kliegl

Raised in a devout Catholic family, I was taught to view the Church as a moral sanctuary. That faith was shattered when I was sexually abused by a priest as a young child.

In Killers of Innocence, I recount not only the trauma of the abuse but the devastating culture of silence and clerical elitism that protected the perpetrator over the victim.

Beginning in the mid-1960s under a young Father Roger Mahony - who would later oversee one of the largest clergy abuse scandals in history - this systemic cover-up fractured my family and forced religious figures to choose between institutional loyalty and human
suffering.

Written with raw honesty and clarity, I explore the lifelong
psychological aftermath of institutional betrayal, offering both a haunting testimony and a vital warning about the enduring power of truth.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H9XM97J9
• ISBN13: 9798904198824
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Spines
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"