Adam (In the Name Of)

## Media

**Adam** is a gay character from *In the Name Of*.

## Biography

Adam is a Catholic priest living and working in rural Poland. He works with a group of troubled teenage boys.

He wasn't raised in a particularly religious family and found his calling to become a priest at 21 after a spiritual experience involving what he believed to be the spirit of his deceased father. He went to work with boys from abusive families, but some time later there was a scandal involving a suicide of an altar boy. As Adam was seen hugging the boy, there was some gossip that he may be gay and he was forced to move to a different parish.

While working in his parish and taking care of the boys, Adam develops feelings for Łukasz. The two men are seen cuddling by a churchgoer, who informs a bishop of this fact and of his suspicions about Adam's sexuality. Because of this, Adam is forced to move again.

## Appearance

Adam is a middle-aged Caucasian man with brown hair and blue eyes. Sometimes he wears the traditional priest attire which is a cassock with a clerical collar, but mostly he dresses in jeans and t-shirts.

## Personality

Adam is a deeply religious man. He believes that every person has a little bit of God inside and is therefore capable of being holy. He is a stickler for the Church rules, as can be seen when he refuses to sign a paper stating that a young woman confessed her sins when she in fact didn't. According to his bishop, he is a man of a very strong faith and capable of great things.

He is an avid runner. He claims that running is a form of praying, but it may also be seen as a way of dealing with unwanted sexual tension.

## Sexuality

Adam is a closeted gay man who finds dealing with his sexuality very difficult, as it goes against his Catholic faith.

Ewa, a woman from his parish, tries to seduce him, first by seeking a seemingly innocent physical contact such a hugging, and then by sneaking into his bed wearing only a skirt and a bra and openly asking him to have sex with her, but Adam isn't at all receptive.

When Gajo, one of the troubled boys, confesses to Adam that he had a homosexual experience and doesn't know how to deal with it, Adam is very understanding and instead of a traditional penance involving repetition of certain prayers, he tells the boy to go running for an hour each day, something that he does as well and that may be interpreted as a way of dealing with unwanted sexual tension. One night he witnesses Gajo having sex with Adrian on a couch. His reaction is to get very drunk and give the couch away the next morning. When he finds the words "the priest is a faggot" graffitied on his doors, it makes him very angry.

When facing another forced relocation to a different parish, Adam finally comes out to his sister claiming that he likes to hug young men and that he isn't a pedophile, but is "a faggot". Even after this coming out he still finds his attraction to men to be wrong and claims that he is sick. This doesn't however stop him from having sex with Łukasz when the boy visits him in his new parish.

### Reaction

The character was generally praised by the critics, with Andrzej Chyra receiving a number of awards for his role.

## Relationships

### Łukasz

Łukasz is one of the troubled boys that got sent to Adam's parish as an alternative for them being at a reformatory. When Lukasz turns up at Adam's house bloodied after a fight, Adam very tenderly takes care of him until they fall asleep cuddling. They later take a car ride together, during which Łukasz puts his hand on Adam's knee. They proceed to cuddle again, although it's not clear whether they just hug or have any actual sex. When Adam is forced to move again, Łukasz visits him in his new parish and they spend the night together, having sex and cuddling.

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