The Chankas and the Priest: A Tale of Murder and Exile in Highland Peru

by Sabine Hyland

Book Overview

How does society deal with a serial killer in its midst? What if the murderer is a Catholic priest living among native villagers in colonial Peru?

In The Chankas and the Priest, Sabine Hyland chronicles the horrifying story of Father Juan Bautista de Albad n, a Spanish priest to the Chanka people of Pampachiri in Peru from 1601 to 1611. During his reign of terror over his Andean parish, Albad n was guilty of murder, sexual abuse, sadistic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271071230
• ISBN13: 9780271071237
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"