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'A sodomite? Me? How dare you, young Rafferty!' Father Kelly glanced at Mary Carmody as if inviting her to share his outrage. 'And to make such a suggestion in front of a young woman, too. I have never lusted after young men in my life.'
'That's what I thought. But when the possibility was mentioned–'
'Who mentioned such a possibility?'
Father Kelly was righteously indignant. Of course, he had a well-deserved reputation as a Lothario to be upheld. At least in his own eyes.
'You know I can't tell you that, Father. Not that I know who the person was, anyway, as it was an anonymous caller. But it had to be checked, especially in view of the fact that Peter Bodham, the man in the grave, was never seen with a girlfriend.'
Father Kelly was so outraged that, perhaps for the first time i
