Review of “Operation: Holy Cover-Up” The Gospel According to Predators, Priests, and the Politely Silent by Jake Bannerman

 

Review of “Operation: Holy Cover-Up”

The Gospel According to Predators, Priests, and the Politely Silent
by Jake Bannerman
Published by Ash & Ink Books

“This isn’t a book. It’s an autopsy of holiness.”

"Operation: Holy Cover-Up" is a relentlessly provocative and courageously unsparing exposé of institutional abuse within the Catholic Church. With its brutal prose and forensic intensity, Bannerman dismantles the myth of sacred immunity, revealing a faith system rotted by protectionism, perversion, and political cowardice.

From Ash’s searing introduction to Jake’s defiant foreword, the tone is clear: comfort is not the goal—confrontation is.

Each chapter slices deeper into the Church’s insidious machinery:

• "The Collar Covers All" reveals how vestments double as armor for rapists.

• "The Vatican Shuffle" lays bare the reassignments of abusers under the guise of mercy.

• "Holy Immunity" exposes the Vatican’s sovereign protections and legal acrobatics, functioning as a sanctified shield against prosecution.

Throughout, Bannerman supports every accusation with real-world horrors: from the infamously protected Father Geoghan to the grotesque case of Gilbert Gauthe. These aren’t stories—they’re crimes. And they’ve been hidden under incense smoke and stained-glass windows for far too long.

Perhaps the most haunting sections are:

• "Silencing the Lambs" – where survivors are paid, threatened, and spiritually terrorized into silence.

• "The Cost of Belief" – a gut-punch reveal that parishioner donations funded legal defenses and hush money.

• "The Fire This Time" – a rallying cry for survivors reclaiming their narratives.

The style is unapologetically raw. Unfiltered rage surges through every page, especially in moments like the DIY guide to “Holy Hell,” a moment of dark catharsis and bitter satire. Bannerman doesn’t want your approval. He wants your attention. And he gets it.

Verdict:
This is not just a book—it’s a reckoning. A call to action. A holy scream of truth in a sanctuary built on silence.

If you finish this book and feel fine?
You didn’t read it right.

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