Bless Me Father

There is no place as intimate as where you go to confess your sins.   When Father Damien Dolan is told about a confession heard by his mentor he is convinced of its authenticity but baffled that the penitent is suspected to be another priest. The mentor, Father O’Keefe, has historically bucked church authority.  This time O'Keefe jeopardizes much more than his position by breaking sacramental confidentiality and revealing information.  

A church promotion brings Damien back to his old neighborhood where he reconnects with Molly Patterson, a childhood friend who operates a local women’s shelter.  Complications arise when their brief but romantic history begins to spark. 

Damien immerses himself into investigating the death of retired priests apparently linked to the alleged confession.  He is sucked into a trail of evidence that he cannot ignore.  New connections to a missing persons case force him into another collision with his past. His motives for entering the priesthood are now questioned and Molly challenges his unique theology that is not aligned with his church.  Damien’s journey is one of self-discovery, as he uncovers corruption that has condemned the innocent and potentially incited murderous retribution.

This is a “who done it?” A story of love lost and love found in the midst of contemporary social issues of homelessness, addiction, and bringing untouchable institutions to justice.  The cloistered conversations in the confessional are sometimes tragic, sometimes humorous.  Bless Me Father is less about religion than it is about life's circumstances and how we respond to them.