The Immaculate Deception: The Shocking True Story Behind Christine Gallagher's House of Prayer

by Jim Gallagher

304 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Paul Gaya Ochieng Simeon Juma · Rating 2 out of 5]

Writing a review of this book is not easy. Most would ask why? Why would anyone read a book such as this on goodreads. I do not know why. maybe it is because one wishes to know what goes on with the rest of the world. As it turned out, it is not very different from here in Kenya. Christina Gallagher! Despicable and an embarrassment to the Christian religion. For her own personal gain, she preached the word. For her own personal gain, she collected money from people. For her own personal gain, she performed miracles. Despite these despicable acts, she could not change what was in some of her followers have who have since left the church., ie a strong belief in God. It takes a man of certain courage to still have the faith to trust in God after what Christina did to it. She besmirched the character and name of our true maker. Such are the kind that deserve the mercy of God above. For those who lost, take comfort that your deeds and hearts are in the right place. May God bless you.

[Caroline Roche · Rating 3 out of 5]

A shocking expose into the secret wealth of alleged visionary Christina Gallagher. There is no doubt that the author has done his homework and clearly is a deft researcher however the content is incredibly repetitive and he labours certain points relating to Gallagher's wealth to the point of tedium. Further it appears to be a foregone conclusion in Gallagher's book that the alleged visionary is a fraud and there is very little balanced argument presented if any. From a readers point of view it is almost bordering on hostile and this can be off putting at times. Is Christina Gallagher a fraud or does the writer have a huge vendetta aganist her? perhaps it's bit of both but as a reader unless you have a complete picture of both sides of the argument, it is not possible to draw any concrete conclusions. To his credit, the author does acknowledge that Ms Gallagher made herself unavailable for comment which may indicate tacit guilt of some sort but until she confirms either way, I am not prepared to accept the allegations in their entirety.

[Ernest · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good true story of devout catholics conned out of millions.