Description
He does it for family – he does it for faith. He does it to accommodate the obsession with women that pervades his every thought – The Altar Boy is the story of the young supplicant who enters the priesthood only to become a function of the name he is called and the collar he wears.
Everything else is a lie, or a regret.
Father Dante has created his own purgatory, trapped by his cloistered soul and riven with guilt because – even when all his sins are accounted for – he doesn’t feel guilty enough.
Mark Ferguson –
Intriguing and Riveting
Great twist on religion responsibilities for someone entering the priesthood. Being catholic brought back some good childhood experiences with my parish/church.
jradmin –
Scandal, Betrayal, and the Catholic Church
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2019
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The Altar Boy is a true to life coming-of-age story. Carl Sanders grew up in the 1960s in a Catholic household. The Catholic Church was revered in those days, and so were its clergymen, but for Carl and his family, a priest brought nothing but pain.