Betrayed and redeemed
By: Dennis Paul Stradford
Publisher: Wasteland Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Shelbyville, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9781600478260
Subjects: Gay teenagers; Sexuality; Gay clergy; Catholic Church; Priests; Extortion; Mexican Americans; Fiction
Notes: "Billy Fernandez, the betrayed teenager in Blessed and Betrayed, finds himself rebuilding his life in Mexico, yet still obsessed with his love for Monsignor Al Pevehaus, the man who had him deported from the U.S. Deciding to pursue priesthood himself, Billy follows Al to the Vatican and discovers the ancient city with its well known corruptions and temptations, many of which have Al in their clutches. Driven by ambition, love, obsessions and addictions these characters fall easily into the hands of powerful forces at work within the Church that bring them face to face with an age-old dilemma: can a life lived in sin be redeemed even by just one act of goodness?"--P. [4] of cover.