Father Tierney Stumbles

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Father Tierney Stumbles by Shekleton, John, 9781462009220
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  • ISBN: 9781462009220 | 1462009220
  • Cover: Paperback
  • Copyright: 6/30/2011

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In the blink of an eye, everything has changed for Father Joe Tierney. He feels trapped. He needs to get away-far away. Dressed in disguise, he opens the door of the STD clinic and runs until his sides hurt and he is gasping for air. Father Tierney, activist pastor of a large Catholic parish and closeted gay man, has just learned he is HIV positive. As if the diagnosis were not enough, a big city newspaper has just published an exposé on Catholic priests with AIDS. Father Tierney must guard his secret with his life or become the victim of a witch hunt or, worse yet, a public scandal of monumental proportions. Desperate to confide in someone, Father Tierney finally reveals his secret to Pascal LaVigne, his openly gay friend. But when Pascal hears from his ex-boyfriend, a freelance writer who wants to write a similar story with a local angle, Father Tierney and others in the Catholic Church fear the worst. As guilt, shame, and a desperate struggle for redemption plays out in the lives of clergy, friends, And The media, Father Tierney struggles to keep a secret that has the potential to destroy everything-including his own soul.
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