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- Hey, Fr. Greg !

- Oi.

Fr. Greg ! Fr. Greg !

Fr. Greg ! Fr. Greg !

- Come on, Father, give us a song.

- Fr. Greg ! Fr. Greg ! Fr. Greg !

A song ! Come on, Father,

give us a song !

Give us a song, Father.

Give us a song.

Uh... could I say,

could I say something instead ?

About tomorrow.

I don't want to put

a damper on things.

I know that people like

to take communion at a funeral,

and some of you might

feel that you can't.

ln the morning, I'll be in the

confessional just before we start,

and I promise

it won't get heavy.

- Or even now in the backyard

if you'd like.

- No way.

- Not in the backyard.

- Yes, well, I--

- I have put a damper

on things, haven't I ?

- No, you, come on, Father.

Come on. Hey, Bob.

Bob, go on and give us a song then.

Bobby ! Bobby !

Bobby ! Bobby ! Bobby !

Lovely. Go on, son.

He was a bastard, Father.

Never a day went by

without me wishin' him dead.

- But now he's gone, you miss him.

- I miss him.

I miss the bastard.

Will you absolve me,

Father ?

- There's nothing to absolve.

- Oh, please, Father ?

God the Father of mercies, through

the death and resurrection of His Son...

has reconciled the world to Himself

and sent the Holy Spirit among us...

- for the forgiveness of sins.

- Good night, Father.

Matthew ?

Paper, mate ?

Here ya are, love.

A pint of bitter,

please.

Thank you.

Are you a Catholic ?

Takes one

to know one.

Bye.

Come in.

You, uh, you switched

the light off in the hall.

Yeah.

Yeah, well, uh...

I always keep it on.

"At my window a little light

will keep burning.

All may come in.

The arms of a friend are waiting."

Tammy Wynette ?

It's, um...

John the 23rd, actually.

Do you wanna talk ?

I'm a bit tired.

Okay.

Good night.

Good night.

It's doin' me head in,

this predestination business.

Honest to God, it is.

And Judas and all that, yeah.

I mean, he redeemed us, didn't he ?

Judas, not Christ.

All Christ had to do was go

to the cross and-- bang, that's it.

He's in Heaven and we all worship

the ground He walks on.

Poor old Judas, he's got

to betray Him, then hang himself,

then go down in history

as a right dirty bastard.

Now, that's sacrifice,

ya know what I mean ?

But God made him,

do ya know what I mean ?

Judas, Saddam, Adolph and Joe,

He made 'em.

Now, that's a bit tight on

the human race. You know what I mean ?

but it's even tighter

on them, isn't it ?

I mean, could you imagine them

queuing up to be born

and God turnin' 'round saying,

"Listen, Saddam, I'm sorry

to have to tell you this,

but you're gonna be a tyrant.

You're gonna gas the Kurds

and destroy lraq."

-Well, he'd say, "No, ta, I'll go to the

back of the queue if it's all right ?"

-Hi.

Well, wouldn't you ?

Hey !

- Somethin' wrong ?

- Uh, no.

No ? Sure ?

- Good morning.

- Good morning, Father.

- And how many do you smoke ?

- About ten.

- A day ?

- Yeah.

- Well, how do you pay for them ?

- I use me dinner money.

- What ? So you don't eat ?

- I rob Lisa Unsworth's butties.

Well,

that's got to stop.

It will ! She brings cheese and onion

now and she knows I can't stand 'em.

Well, suppose someone

robbed your car ?

- I haven't got one.

- Well, suppose you had ?

- I'd get a weed on. Yeah.

- Exactly.

I'd get a... "weed on" too.

- You haven't got a car.

- Well, Fr. Matthew's ?

- That won't get robbed,

though, will it ?

- Because he's a priest ?

Because it's crap.

Through the ministry of the church,

may God give you pardon and peace.

And I absolve you from your sins. ln

the name of the Father, and of the Son,

and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

That's it, Lisa.

There are others waiting.

He makes me do things.

- Who ?

- My dad.

What sort of things ?

All sorts.

Sex ?

Does your mother know ?

You must tell her.

Tell him

it's got to stop.

Tell him you've seen me

and I said it's got to stop.

Promise ?

And you'll come back

and see me ?

Ahhh.

- The Body of Christ.

- Amen.

- The Body of Christ.

- Amen.

- The Body of Christ.

- Amen.

- The Body of Christ.

- Amen.

- The Body of Christ.

- Amen.

Amen.

The Body of Christ.

The Body of Christ.

- Father ?

- Yeah ?

Keep your nose

out of my business.

You shouldn't

have come here.

I came here

to see you.

Are we going to

see each other again ?

Look...

phone me.

Take it.

Bless me, Father,

for I have sinned.

May the Lord be in your heart

and help you to confess

your sins with true sorrow.

What did she say ?

I can't

tell you that.

She's my daughter.

I can't break the seal

of the confessional. You know that.

A man once paid

for the right

to commit incest.

Do you know

who sold him that right ?

Pope Alexander Vl.

lncest is evil.

lncest is human.

- It's the most natural thing

in the world.

- The most unnatural.

Of course,

you're the expert,

aren't you, Father ?

You've never been

with a woman,

let alone fathered a child,

but you're the bloody expert.

You ask any man--

any proper man-- you ask him,

when does he stop pattin'

his daughter's bum ?

When she's 12 ?

When she's 14 ?

And why does

he stop pattin' it ?

'Cause she doesn't like it ?

'Cause he doesn't like it ?

Or... 'cause he does like it,

but, uh...

where's it gonna stop, huh ?

I've dedicated my life

to the study of incest...

and there's nothing anyone

can tell me about it.

- Least of all you.

- I can tell you it's a sin.

It's one of the gravest sins of all.

Can I have your permission

to talk to someone about this ?

There's help available...

- and therapy.

- I don't need help.

I don't need therapy.

I'm not your textbook case.

I'm no sexual inadequate.

I've just seen through

all the bullshit, that's all.

lnhuman, is it ?

Unthinkable ?

So why go to all the trouble

of making laws against it ?

Why does every society in the world

put a taboo around it ?

I'll tell you why.

It's the one thing...

we'd all like to do.

Deep down.

- ln here.

And what does Lisa think ?

All right, okay.

Quiet for a minute.

Listen, please.

Listen.

Can anybody tell me what

this song is really about ?

- Shaggin', Father.

Wrong, no. Can anybody

give me a more sensible answer to this ?

It's about...

relationships.

Yes, right, absolutely.

It is about relationships.

What is the most essential

part of a relationship ?

- Love, Father.

- Absolutely right. Love.

- Passionate commitment from

one human being to another.

Get Miss Shaughnessy.

It's all right, Lisa.

It's okay. It's okay. It's all right.

Get Miss Shaughnessy now !

Okay. Okay, Lisa.

Shh. Shh.

Lisa, can I have your

permission to talk to your mother...

- about what you told me ?

- No.

- ls there anyone else

you'd like me to talk to ?

- No.

You must come

and see me again.

Do you promise ?

- Here we are, chief.

- You promised last time.

Look at me.

Look at me !

Promise.

Come on, Chicken.

Thanks very much, Fr. Greg.

Will you come in for a cup of tea ?

Yes, thanks.

- Thank you.

- Lise.

- Ta.

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