"Preying Hands" a New Book Inspired by the True Story of Deaf Students Molested by Priest in 1960s, Illustrates Victims' Long Fight for Justice
Recently published, Preying Hands is a play inspired by actual events and now available from Amazon's CreateSpace. The drama tells the tale of former students of a Catholic school for the deaf in Wisconsin who were molested by a priest in the 1960s, and their long fight for justice.SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Playwrights Richard Medugno and Howie Seago have written and published a play titled Preying Hands - A Drama Inspired by Actual Events. The drama spans four decades and tells the story of a group of Wisconsin deaf students who were molested by a Catholic priest at the St. John's School for the Deaf in the 1960s and their long struggle for justice. The book is now available through Amazon's CreateSpace at https://www.createspace.com/4779488.(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140811/135056)Preying Hands is divided into two parts. The first part is about how the deaf survivors of a popular priest's abuse worked together in the 1970s to force the pedophile priest to resign from the school -- despite their challenges in communicating with authorities (via American Sign Language - ASL) and the stonewalling of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee to eventually.Videos