But for now, she decides to show up for the weekday Mass early the next morning. She stares at the way Father Dunne moves so reverently from tabernacle to altar. He bends down and kisses the linen. How dare his filthy hands touch the chalice and drink from it! He may look the part of a holy man, but she’s seen the devil lurking inside him. His smile reminds her of Martin Sheen, her favorite actor. Once she makes that association, she starts to feel queasy. Not every man is bad, she longs to believe. But what about that man who dares to call himself a priest?
She watches Father Dunne closely whenever he interacts with his two altar boys; she knows their mother Louise Forester. The brothers trade smiles with each other. Has he touched them too? She prays that he hasn’t.
She joins the small
