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Previously on Forgive Me

Jesus christ. John? John?

Gene! Gene, help me!

I helped you file a lawsuit against my parish. You should find a new priest

You think I came forwardwith this horror from my childhood

so I could leave the church?

John Dominic: They're going to turn the parish against you.

For lying and pretending to be something you're not

That's not true.

John Dominic: Doesn't have to be true

The Bishop's office called.

You're the new Prelate.

You didn't call the Bishop's office yet.

No, I need more time.

Maybe that's a sign you're not ready to be a prelate.

Do you want to be Prelate?

They've made it clear they're not going to let that happen so it

doesn't matter what I want.

You know I always wanted to be a Prelate.

Whether or not I want to be a Prelate who tries to sell the pews

while the church is reduced to rubble is a different question.

I understand your reticence.

I spoke to Johnny O'Leary.

Without the mediator?

Do we really need to think of him as our enemy Gene?

It was your recklessness with O'Leary that got us into this mess.

I know.

Look if you're going to be prelate you have to think about

the good of the whole parish where there's a conflict with one parishioner.

I just, I feel like he needs to know

what's not only going to happen to the church but why.

Are you giving him more confidential documents?

No, just some information.

Information from where?

Not from the confession booth.

Not everything is a I hear in the confession booth is a sin.

You don't learn.

In the name of the father. The son, and the holy spirit.

Forgive me Father for I have sinned. It's been two months since my last confession.

Hi Gladdy.

Father.

What do you have to confess?

An old one, maybe.

Well, ah, it's just as important to be forgiven for

older sins.

Old secrets seem to cause the most pain.

It's not a secret.

No, no, I didn't mean to presume.

I passed the liquor store on my way to work this morning,

and well, that lead me here.

They're selling pot now, the government is selling pot.

I heard that.

That's a big change.

Oh yeah.

What does the church have to say about that?

This church specifically?

Nothing.

The pope warned against legalizing it a few

years ago kinda generally.

It's still sin. Now that it ain't a crime?

Yeah.

Yeah, I mean, most sins aren't crimes.

My son sold drugs,

marijuana specifically.

And they said it was a gateway drug that it caused lawlessness and criminal behaviour.

The TV said it, you said it. Your predecessor. All of them.

Well, I guess sometimes there's a virtue associated with following

the law. They're certainly not unrelated.

No they're very related, aren't they? Isn't

this where moralitty laws come from?

The church doesn't try to influence local laws.

Oh really? So you didn't try to sway people on

the abortion debate?

or on the gay marriage debate?

Alright. Yeah.

Yeah, sometimes church leaders do speak out on morality issues but I

mean that's just to state the church's position, right?

So the followers know.

So the followers can vote a certain way.

The church doesn't know how people are going to vote on things, Gladdy.

So if I voted for the same sex marriage bill, or the pro-choice candidate

or whatever, there is no vote that I could cast that would be a sin?

I don't know.

I suppose there

could be, ummm.

Let's say in a civic election for example, right,

you're not necessarily voting for your own set of behaviours.

There were certain Bishops who

advised Catholics that voted Democrat to confess before they took communion.

I know. Not exactly a church-wide position or anything,

didn't come down from Rome.

But the marijuana thing, the Pope said don't legalize it.

Yeah, yeah. He did. I mean that's a... that's a position.

Like the abortion thing. Honestly,

the church is generally out of step with the law.

I turned him in.

You turned who in?

My son.

I turned him in. For selling pot.

I could see why the change in law would unsettle you.

And now to see the government doing what they punished my son for doing?

What does he think about it?

My son?

Yeah.

Oh, he doesn't talk to me. I mean,

why would he? He hasn't talked to me since I turned him in.

So it was a decision that cost you your relationship with your son.

Every week I come to church.

Yes, I've seen you.

This was 13, 14 years ago and once or twice a month the priest

would on about the scourge of illegal drugs

and how we were made in the

image of God so we need to respect our bodies like we

respect God. And I listened to you people.

I believed that what my son was doing

selling drugs

was a threat to my community and an abomination against God,

that he was spreading crime and sickness.

Nobody could blame you Gladdy for obeying the law,

Nobody is going to blame you for doing what you thought was right.

But they do blame me. Myson blames me. My daughter, my sister.

They all saw em choosing the law over my own child.

I'm not someone who has blind faith in the law, not at all.

I know better.

But I had faith in this church, and I followed it and now I've been made a fool.

Are you here to make a complaint?

I came here to confess.

Well, let's get to it then.

I'm doing it. I'm telling you, I turned my son in. To the police.

Who took him to jail, then who sent him to court and then they put him in prison for two

and a half years

where he was beaten and humiliated and

unspeakable things. God.

The way he was made hard and angry.

And from where he emerged an actual criminal and I did that to him,

that's my sin.

I betrayed my son and I ruined his life.

There's no way that you could have known what was going to happen to him.

Everybody knows what can happen in prison. I made a choice

and it was the wrong one.

And now to see the government selling pot and making the money,

and collecting the taxes, I can't even hold on to the

last thread of rationalization that at least it was ethical higher ground.

I dont think you're unethical. I don't.

And I honestly I don't even think what you did was technically a sin.

The church hasn't changed its position yet.

Yet.

I can't predict the future, Gladdy. Sometimes

the church updates its views and sometimes it just holds

staunch, you know, embarrassingly so.

I did what I did because the church and the

TV and the government said it was too dangerous to let my son run loose selling drugs.

And you're all hypocrites.

And I took your side and now I'm a hypocrite.

No, no, the churches views have been consistent, I was just th-

Jesus turned water into wine.

I took your side, and I sent my son to prison,

and I know he's never going to forgive me.

I can.

I can forgive you.

Is there anything else you wanted to confess?

I've been smug,

judgemental and stupid.

Gladdy.

No, let me do this.

I've been willfully ignorant.

Jealous of my sister because of

her relationship with her kids.

So much so that I shunned her when she needed my help.

God, the father of mercies. Through the death and the resurrection

of your son, you have reconcilled yourself to the world and sent the Holy Spirit

amongst us for the forgiveness of sins. Through the ministry of the church,

may the Lord grant you pardon, peace, and I absolve you of your sins

in the name of the Father,

and of the Son,

and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Say ten Hail Marys and

if you really can't ask your son,

then ask you sister for forgiveness for not helping her when you could have.

What happened to your head?

What?

What happened to your head?

I had a scar from surgery. It acts up sometimes.

You had brain surgery?

Yeah. How long have you been sitting there?

You're always sleeping in here.

Wouldn't you?

Just-just let me look at your head.

No, I'm fine.

Dude. I'm not going to confess while

you're bleeding all over the booth.

Just Come here.

Come on, come come come.

Here, just sit here for a second.

That hurt?

No.

Ok, well,

let's just keep some pressure on it until it stops bleeding, ok?

I haven't seen you around in a while.

Yeah, I've been too embarrassed to come around.

I dont want you to be embarrassed.

I heard one of the priests killed himself.

I was afraid maybe it was you.

It was my boss.

I'm really sorry.

Thanks.

Just lean back for a second, ok?

Listen, uhhh&

Shhh. Just relax, ok?

Ok.

Hello? Sebastien?

Listen I dozed off. The church is actually supposed to be closed, if you

want to come down and make a confession I can hear it,

but otherwise you're going to have to go.

Hello?

Why won't you answer me?

Trying to scare me?

I didn't want to decidewhat to do without talking to you first.

How does it affect me?

If I were to take this promotion it means things gotta stay the same

as they are right now. Understand?

I can't leave the parish. Can't take you out of this school, so.

Listen, this is kind of like our shot.

We could go somewhere else, I could do a different job.

I'm not going to run off anywhere with you.

If we stay here, there's people who will try to make it public

that I'm your father, ok?

They'll try and make it sound bad.

Well, maybe they'll get used to it. I did.

You wouldn't be embarrassed if they found out your father was a priest?

I'm not ashamed of you, I don't share your fears.

I don't have anything to lose. You do.

I'm not ashamed of you. You understand me?

You are far and away the best thing I ever had a hand in doing.

Was it your hand that got my mother pregnant?

Easy, don't be so smart.

Sorry.

You sure you don't want to run off somewhere and join a circus?

I've had enough circuses.

Yeah, me too.

You shouldn't come here at night. It's weird and people will talk.

Gene? Gene, what's going on? Are they taking his things?

No, they're bringing things in.

What happened to you?

What things?

The Bishops things.

The Bishop's coming back?

Yes, he'll be visiting for a while.

Why? He has his own house.

We're a parish in crises.

The local Prelate killed himself in the middle of a 5 million dollar

sexual abuse settlement.

They don't want our mess to spread to the whole diocese.

Jesus.

Well, don't blame him.

Did you even phone them back?

No.

So, you brought this on yourself with your decisions.

I brought it on us both, I'm sorry.

Well it's an honour to host his

excellency and he wants to see you.

He's already here?

Oh yes, he's quite the charmer.

Come in.

You wanted to see me, your excellency?

You're home. Why didn't you call me back?

I understood that you wanted me to take over for the Prelate and

take charge of the parish, I just needed a moment to reflect.

-When I call, call back. - When I ask for you to come, come.

I will, your excellency.

Your brain and my body, we make a good pair.

You can leave me to rest a bit.

Your excellency, may I ask why you're here?

Keep your friends close, as the saying goes.

Next time on Forgive Me

Clergy service examples,

you don't need to make a martyr out of a suicide Priest.

I prostituted myself on Tuesday

He's just worried about me.

Should he be?

Cause I've got other things on my mind other than my brain.