In a world full of suspense and enigma, there are no stories worth reading or listening to that is full of tragedy and despondency than the untold ones of young boys who in their vulnerabilities, had their human rights violated, were tortured and left astray to roam the world as vassals by lascivious priests who were powerless to control their concupiscence.
A book titled, ‘Holy Sin’ authored by a Sierra Leonean writer, Patrick M. Wilson of Zion Methodist Church tells the story of Hayden Smith, who, like so many other boys of his age, was sent to a boarding school administered by the Catholic Church for formal education by his poor single mother who was unable to adequately provide for her only son the basic requirements of life.
There seemed to be no way out for him but retribution. ‘Holy Sin’ is purely fictional. It is a story?if ever it was real?would be a myth, but children in the state of deprivation, like Hayden and his contemporaries still dwell in the shadows of reality behind closed doors knowing that their manhood was tampered with. For them, life can never be the same any more. This book is expected to be launched on the 3rd March 2012 at the British Council auditorium.
The author told Awoko yesterday that he was trying to come up with an ironic name for the book for the kingdom which is believed to be holy but being used to commit sins in holy places, thus the title of the book, ‘holy sin’.
“I was touched by several issues concerning clerical pedophiles around the world and the story was in my mind since 2006 to write about a European child because I’m a fan of twisted facts and medieval cults,” the author noted, and pointed out that his inspiration to write the book came from “the helpless children in the holy Kingdom in Europe and Africa” to enlighten the society.
He asserted, “I am not forcing people to read the book but to help the society to know what is going on around the world in God’s Kingdom for a change of attitude towards helpless children.”
The introduction of the book makes it clear that the victims, however, are hypothetically real, real in a sense that they speak for the ones who are touched by this significant story, and ultimately reticence is breached. This book transcends their life, their misfortune, and most of all their lonesome voice that silently emits from the anguished soul.
Raymond de’Souza George, Senior Teaching Fellow at the Fourah Bay College, wrote the forward of the book which notes that with the ‘Holy Sin’, Patrick Wilson is making a highly welcome and long overdue deposit of dramatic literature to the long-starved library of scripts, and perhaps at the same time administering an injection to provoke and induce a reawakening of the reading culture, which has for long been in a state of undernourishment.
Concluding, Patrick Wilson said the book is dedicated to the helpless children around the world and his mother, Eileen Williams for the courage and support and he also expressed thanks to God.
By Saidu Bah
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