The Seminarian: The Road Back to God

The Seminarian is the story of a young man who survives child abuse; and his fight to regain self-worth. He expects to find peace and safety in the seminary where he desires to become a Catholic priest. In his third year in the seminary he is forced to endure the sadistic hatred and torture of the new prior, whose only desire is to get rid of this seminarian. The story is filled with suspense, mystery intrigue. The sadistic Prior who has a surprising and unexpected secret; has infiltrated the Catholic Church as a priest. This secret involves war crimes and notorious associates. The Prior is selected to run and oversee Augustinian Academy, a seminary on Staten Island, New York. The problems for the Seminarian (Tony Saleem) begin when the prior suspects that Tony knows his true identity. The prior is able to bring another person from his past to the seminary as his head disciplinarian of Augustinian Academy. The reasons for their suspicions and the intriguing way that Tony is able to stay ahead of these two, sets the stage for a suspense filled tale of mystery and intrigue. The book goes through several surprising twists and turns; and ends with the biggest surprise of all. It is not only thought provoking; but also, a page-turner of tension and cliff-hangers. The "Seminarian" ends with inspiration and hope; which will cause you to feel the joy and victory of those who are able to overcome adversities; which are against all odds.

Anthony L. Korey Author of The Seminarian Anthony (Tony) Korey was born in Pittsburg, PA. He and his family moved to Jacksonville, Florida; when he was three years old. He was basically raised in Jacksonville; but attended High School at Staten Island, New York; from which he was expelled at the end of his junior year. Tony completed his high school education by graduating from Paxon Senior High School, Jacksonville, Fla. Tony Korey went on to Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA., where he was awarded both his Bachelor’s in English; and Master’s in Criminal Justice. Anthony Korey is happily married to his precious wife, Barbara, for almost 47 years. He has two dear children, Scott and Kelly; and three wonderful grandchildren, Sean, Korey, and Krissy. They all presently reside in the metropolitan Atlanta, Ga., area. Anthony Korey Retired, as the Director of the Fulton County Public Safety Training Center, from the Fulton County Police Department after thirty-two years of service. He retired at the rank of Deputy Chief of Police. He is presently a fulltime instructor in Criminal Justice at a college in Metropolitan Atlanta. This is Anthony Korey’s first novel. It is fiction mainly to keep from having to give real names of all of those who were involved. The basis for the novel, however, is based upon actual facts. Some areas of the book are, obviously, exaggerated, expounded upon, and purely fictitious. It is a mystery and it is filled with both suspense and intrigue. It took many years to write this first novel, mainly because of the difficulty associated with having to face the reality of those parts of the book, which are factual. It is the author’s hope that everyone who reads this story will understand the difficulty of having to deal with child abuse. It is his opinion that the only true way to recover is to find the ＂Road back to God.＂