Ashes

To Anthony Mancini, "there's no such thing as "a lapsed Catholic". Mancini doesn't attend Mass or make confession. But does believe that "the lessons imparted when Sister Mary Europe-and-Asia boxed my ears or Father Hooligan whitewashed my sins (Did you entertain impure thoughts, my son?) are etched indelibly on my core."

So when "headlines blared about priestly child abuse it was only natural to ask: If God formed us in his image why did he give some men a propensity for sex with young boy...