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...nagged by doubt that God "understood" so well, after all, and that through her own willfulness she might be "paving a path to perdition," not only for herself but for the man she loved. In an agony of conscience, she appealed again and again to her parish priest. She had never heard of the brother-sister vow, but had come to the conclusion that she and John could stay together if only they avoided "adultery," i.e., sex ("A neat trick, if you happen to be quite young, quite normal, and very much in love"). Her priest obviously felt the trick...
...Worry. John at first treated Claire's soul-searching as a phase that would pass, then as a cruel denial of his conjugal rights. There were violent quarrels. But as Claire persevered, John slowly began to see things her way, and they began searching for a priest who would help them get a bishop's permission to take the brother-sister...
...priest to whom they presented their problem "looked at us and saw a young couple with a house full of youngsters, and then looked ahead. He thought of the possibility of one night having the little martini hour turn into quite a party, and no matter what the intention, or how strong it might be, we could easily pick up again the habit we were trying to eliminate. If we were bound by a vow, we would be in more serious trouble. And the Bishop who stamped the paper would have some deep thinking to do ... The biggest worry...
...Roman Catholic may not take Holy Communion unless he is free of mortal sin, which can only be obtained by confession and absolution from a priest, and no confession is valid unless the penitent sincerely intends never to repeat...
...Hoodlum Priest (Murray-Wood; United Artists). The divine spark often burns in trash, and it burns with a still and terrible loveliness in this loud, crude, violent and sentimental cops-and-robbers picture, the work of an energetic actor-producer named Don Murray and a talented televeteran named Irvin Kershner...