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Then forced a look of interest as the moody young visitor gradually unfolded a familiar problem: the terrible loneliness of priests.
Of all the anxieties Karras encountered among the community, this one had lately become the most prevalent. Cut off from their families as well as from women, many of the Jesuits were also fearful of expressing affection for fellow priests; of forming deep and loving friendships.
— Oct 20, 2023 08:49AM
Of all the anxieties Karras encountered among the community, this one had lately become the most prevalent. Cut off from their families as well as from women, many of the Jesuits were also fearful of expressing affection for fellow priests; of forming deep and loving friendships.
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Carmen
is on page 305 of 385
It's crazy how this priest is SO against believing in demons. He is willing to believe in ANYTHING: telekinesis, pyrokinesis, ESP, etc. etc. etc. as if it is ABSOLUTE scientific fact, rather than demons.
— Oct 20, 2023 12:17PM
Carmen
is on page 300 of 385
Watching them steadily ascending the staircase, Chris felt deeply and strangely moved. Here comes my big brother to beat your brains in, creep! It was a feeling, she thought, much like that. She could feel her heart begin to beat faster.
And now your urge is to hide your children when priests come around. This book's biggest weakness, IMO. Looking at it with 2023 eyes is doubly disturbing.
— Oct 20, 2023 12:11PM
And now your urge is to hide your children when priests come around. This book's biggest weakness, IMO. Looking at it with 2023 eyes is doubly disturbing.
Carmen
is on page 209 of 385
He unbuttoned the right sleeve of his starched white shirt and rolled it up, exposing a matting of fine brown hairs on a bulging, thickly muscled forearm.
— Oct 20, 2023 11:02AM
Carmen
is on page 202 of 385
She nodded and started opening the door, and it was then that Karras felt it: a chill, tugging warning. It scraped through the bloodstream like particles of ice.
— Oct 20, 2023 10:58AM
Carmen
is on page 196 of 385
His voice was cradling, stripping her of burden, as his powerful hands clasped gently together. They were large and yet sensitive: veined Michelangelos. Chris felt her gaze somehow drawn to them instantly.
Uh-huh.
— Oct 20, 2023 10:54AM
Uh-huh.
Carmen
is on page 191 of 385
Well, here's the scene where she masturbates with the crucifix, or probably it's more accurate to say she is raped with it, and she turns her head fully around.
I have to say the combination of The Catholic Church and sex/rape involving children in this book, in 2023, is making me sickened and probably not in the way Blatty was intending. This priest/child/rape combo is not a good look in hindsight.
— Oct 20, 2023 10:51AM
I have to say the combination of The Catholic Church and sex/rape involving children in this book, in 2023, is making me sickened and probably not in the way Blatty was intending. This priest/child/rape combo is not a good look in hindsight.
Carmen
is on page 163 of 385
Karras glanced up and felt aching dismay, felt the soft crushing weight, press of lead, press of bone, as he recognized the priest who had come to him recently for counseling, the one who could not make friends.
— Oct 20, 2023 10:22AM
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"Like I'd like to put my arm around another guy's shoulder, but right away I'm scared he's going to think I'm queer. I mean, you hear all these theories about the latents attracted to the priesthood. So I just don't do it. I won't even go to somebody's room just to listen to records; or talk; or smoke. It's not that I'm afraid of HIM; I'm just worried about HIM getting worried about ME."
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