SINCE MY LAST CONFESSION PA

by POMFRET,SCOTT

• ISBN13: 9781611455007
• ISBN10: 1611455006
• Edition: 00
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2012-07-17
• Publisher: FRWHEEL

Summary

Scott Pomfret serves as a lector at St. Anthony Shrine in Boston. He also writes gay porn. His boyfriend is a flaming atheist, and his boyfriend s Protestant grandmother considers Catholicism a sin worse than sodomy. From Pentecost to Pride, from the books of the Bible to the articles of the Advocate, Pomfret s wry, hysterically funny memoir maps with matchless humor the full spectrum of the gay Catholic experience.

Author Biography

Scott Pomfret is a respected trial attorney with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the successful author of explicit gay romance novels, and a devoted lay minister in the Catholic Church. Scott lives with his boyfriend, Scott, in Boston.

Table of Contents

Dramatis Personae	p. vii
Author's Note	p. xi
Prologue	p. xiii
The Tunnel Builders: Mrs. American Gothic
No Skin off Gram's Ass
The Naughty Altar Boy	p. 1
Follow the Smudges: Catch the Devil by His Tail
Marking Territory
Doing My Religious Business
Deals with God and Boyfriend	p. 11
A Church to Be Proud Of
Channeling James Earl Jones
Three Hale Marys
Thanks Be to the Pedophiles
Vatican to the Rescue	p. 25
Love, J2P2
Happy Birthday
Calculating the Odds
The Cardinal Spellman School
The Rules
Make Me Believe That You Believe	p. 44
Lives of the Saints
Beheadings, Burnings, and Other Children's Literature
Martyr from the Mothballs
Stalking the Archbishop
What I Learned about Archbishop Seán on My Summer Vacation
Love Letters to the Archbishop
Advanced Thinking
God Hates Fats	p. 62
Land(s) of the Misfit Toys
Cruising for Catholics
Dignity
Taking Heart
Womenpriests: Invasion of the Compound Nouns	p. 80
God Bless Ireland: Wookie Prayers
Tabernacle Sports
Captain of the Team
Lector Boot Camp	p. 94
A habit Worse Than Porn: Give Us This Day Our Daily You Tube
Picasso Paints Province-town
GLBT Spirituality Redux: The Bishop's Blessing
Captain Handsome Is My Copilot	p. 106
The Godfather: How to Read Just Right
Improbable Friendship
The Godfather
The Theology of Baldness
This Is Not about You	p. 116
Excommunications 'R' Us: The Vatican Paperwork-Reduction Program
A Short History of Excommunication
Walking the Excommunication Walk
Three Easy Steps to Excommunication
A Lovely Day for an Excommunication	p. 137
Living on the Liturgical Edge: The Good Queer
Tuesdays with Anthony
Stealing the Sacred Heart	p. 150
The Empire Strikes Back: Speaking of Relics
Marauding Lesbians Snatch Boston's Children
News Flash
How Great the God That Made as Asshole Like You
Unintended Consequences
What We Look Like
That Flushing Sound Is Charity Going Straight down the Drain	p. 164
The Super Colon and the Scandal of Faith: The Success of Snitchery
Less Holy
Selling Holy Rocks
The Cock Crowed for the Third Time
Dreaming Julia Roberts
Simple Words with a Dozen Syllables	p. 186
Confessions of a Crossover: Confessions of a Crossover
Once You Go Black
United Church of Vegetables
DisCouraged
Unchurching	p. 203
Gay Voices before Mine: The Celestial Skywriter
At the Feet of My Forebears: A Short History of Gay Catholics
Hail, Holy Queen
Milk and Cookies
Need a Catholic Priest? Ask the Lesbian Jew
Back-Room Heroes
Spiritual Flamer	p. 219
Acts of the (Gay) Apostles: What Do You Do to Get in the Mood?
Pomfret's Lives of the Well-Intentioned, Reasonably Courageous, Everyday Clerics
Gay Voices
Back in the Saddle
Amazing Grace and Leftover Miracles	p. 240
I See Broken People Everywhere: Gay People 1, Cardinal Seán 0
Why Catholic? (Part 1)
Now and at the Hour of Our Death
Re-Membering
Why Catholic? (Part 2)
False Starts and Fake Boobs: A Prayer	p. 256
Last Chance for Love: Meanwhile, Back at the Shrine
Why Catholic? (Part 3)
Last Chance for Love
Why Catholic? (Part 4)
And So What?	p. 271
Epilogue	p. 279
Acknowledgments	p. 280
Notes	p. 282
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