Apparition

Blurb.

In a Church already torn apart by scandal and schism, a small girl in the Catholic Diocese of Auckland, believes she has a vision of the Virgin Mary. Father Frank McGann a failed Missionary priest- recently returned physically, mentally and spirituallyburned by his time in the shanty towns of Peru- is tasked with protecting her from the factions that gather to destroy them both. How can he though, when he is overwhelmed with his own sense of guilt and shame over past sins?
Jazzy’s own Samoan Immigrant family splits also as it struggles to come to terms with events that overtake them, as the media gathers and the story gains momentum.
The agnostic Father Frank McGann runs increasingly foul of Church authority, and is forced to face his own complicity in a dreadful act of betrayal. His only help comes from an old renegade priest he despises and a young woman television reporter he doesn’t trust. This is his only hope of saving both Jazzy and himself. Can they?