pAUTHOR'S STATEMENT ppIt was in early 2002 that the widespread pedophilia scandal within the Catholic Church was first reported by national media. The Archdiocese of Boston was the focus of the these revelations, but ongoing investigations pointed out a pattern of abuse and cover-ups throughout the United States involving priests and lay members of the Catholic Church. Having been raised a Catholic, I was stunned by the news.ppIt was some time later that, in my view, the abuse seemed to concentrate more on the actions of the disturbed abusers and less so on the rights of the victims connected with this tragic scandal, rights that should have been front and center. Not so. pp But most importantly, those who orchestrated the cover-up within the Catholic Church seemed to avoid the needed scrutiny. This was the beginning point for my novel, iSycamore Drive ippIt's 1955. Eisenhower is President and the Cold War is at its height, yet life on Sycamore Drive in the mid-sized city of Riverport,