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He’d found conatius Academy, the Catholic school where he’d met Søren He wasn’t Catholic, never had been, but the Jesuits at the school had been hard-drinking, open-minded intellectuals Jesuits were notoriously liberal, at least by Catholic standards He re Father Henry under what circumstances an abortion could be permitted Father Henry had answered, "Never on an eh for a full five seconds

So told him abortion jokes wouldn’t be welcosley turned and saw a young wo in the door to an office at the front of the church "That poster"

Kingsley took the necessary two seconds to reorient his brain, so he could speak without any trace of his French accent

"It is awful," Kingsley agreed "My religion forbids engaging in propaganda"

"Excuseand therefore entirely fake s if Reverend Fuller was in I’d like to speak to him"

"He’s not here," she said with a nervous lilt in her voice The girl was pretty and could have been beautiful if she wasn’t hiding under a shapeless floral dress She looked young, twenty or twenty-one, and she had a sweet innocent gleam in her eyes "The WTL headquarters are in Stamford He doesn’t stop by here very often He’s a busy irl s Reverend Fuller truly loves the Lord, and his church loves him"

"No one loves men of the clothfor you?"

"No, Chastity does nothing for ht be able to helpthe bare minimum of socially required distance between them as possible "I have a friend She has a serious problem"

"What sort of problem?"

"She’s a lesbian"

Chastity’s eyes widened

"That is a problem Have you talked to her about it?"

"I have She’s unrepentant" He exhaled heavily in faux disappointets hard the longer they stay in their sinful lifestyle"

"Yes, her heart is very hard So hard it et hardened God loves a soft heart"

"So I should be soft?"

"You should Soft and open to God"