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The Celibates
The Celibates
Author: James J. Kavanaugh
ISBN-13: 9780060153786
ISBN-10: 0060153784
Publication Date: 4/1985
Pages: 326
Rating:
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Publisher: Harpercollins
Book Type: Hardcover
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The story only a former priest would dare to tell...

They are excellent priests in every way, and lifelong friends since Seminary. They are devoted to the Catholic Church and to their callingsbut their vital desires, powerful needs and overwhelming love for the women in their lives must always remain clandestine beneath the vows of physical purity. How can two men face lifetimes in service to the Church when the Church demands that love be ignored? How can they believe in a just and compassionate God who demands such unbearable denials?