The Priest and the Parishioner
Chapter IThere are times that it is gratifying to be a parish priest. Especially with regard to some faithful devoted ladies. For some of them, the priest is a kind of “exhaust valve” of their yearnings, the friend and the confessor at last a sort of entity close to divinity, which will make them win the heaven. The priest is for these ladies, the friend whom they can say, the most intimate sins, because they trust him and know that the secret will be kept forever. For some ladies, the priest...