The book is called Bless Me Father, the phrase Catholics use when confessing their sins to the priest. There are some details in the book I think might have been best revealed only in the privacy of the confession box. His family get a lot of mentions.
Maybe I am just being prudish, but I can’t imagine they were too thrilled reading about his introduction to the sin of Onan and his subsequent struggles with it. Nor perhaps his detailed account of threesomes with women fans. Nor indeed his observations on his girlfriend’s knickers the night he unexpectedly returned home and found her in bed with someone else.
It is also a reference to his difficult relationship with his Mayo father. His mother was a much more supportive and affectionate presence for him. Multiple times while reading it occurred to me that “Sorry, guys. I behaved like an idiot” might have been a better title. That particular apology, one of dozens in the book, was addressed to The Specials.
It was not uncommon for boys from an Irish Catholic background to want to become a priest.
It is also a reference to his difficult relationship with his Mayo father. His mother was a much more supportive and affectionate presence for him. Multiple times while reading it occurred to me that “Sorry, guys. I behaved like an idiot” might have been a better title. That particular apology, one of dozens in the book, was addressed to The Specials.
It was not uncommon for boys from an Irish Catholic background to want to become a priest.
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