'Boston Globe' Book Covers Priest Scandal

By: Joe Strupp Five months after it broke open the priest sex-abuse scandal, The Boston Globe is taking its next shot at the issue with the first new book on the topic.

Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic Church is a 304-page probe, by the Globe's eight-member investigative staff, set to hit bookstores June 21, according to Ben Bradlee Jr., deputy managing editor for projects.

The book, published by Little, Brown and Co., was written, edited, and printed in a little more than three months, Bradlee said. "Each writer took about one chapter," he said, adding that it is not a compilation of Globe articles but an overview of the crisis.

All profit from the book will be donated to a charity to be determined, he said. Bradlee noted the authors received payments, but did not reveal the amounts.