The boy (who I will refer as such because I can't read katakana)  was also an orphan but he was taken in by the church. The boy, in little cleric garb, had aspirations of becoming a priest and shared his cheerful perspectives with Angel. However, all Angel could think and feel wasgemini5.JPG (13776 bytes) utter resentment toward his mirrored image who's been living such a different life. To sate his innate anger and jealousy, Angel asked the boy to wait in the master bedroom where the boy was met with one of Angel's usual clients. The boy was beaten and raped. Angel laughed. Even Luke was surprised by the Angel's vicious sense of humor. Part 1 ended with the death of one of the boys by the hand of the other when the scene cuts to a teary-eyed Angel pointing gun at the boy, furious that God had saved only one of them.

Part 2

Back to present setting--Father Mayfield was snatched off the streets bygemini1.JPG (13385 bytes) Luke and his accomplices after yet another refusal from the priest. Mayfield was gang raped, the act filmed. Luke concluded the taping with the disclosure of Father Mayfield's true identity, to include the accidental killing of an altar boy. The priest was released the next morning, but the course of events that followed devastated him more than the rape itself.

The tape was sent to the local media as well as the board members comprised of other clerics. Father Mayfield lost his position and his church (after losing financial support, it closed). He returned to the streets where he once sold his body. Anger was the only thing that kept him from resuming his formergemini4.JPG (25466 bytes) life style. Billy entered the scene in time to protect Mayfield from being forced back into prostitution by Luke, already casing the now-homeless and unemployed priest.

Through love that Billy had shown Mayfield, the priest renewed his convictions and resolved to get his church back. How he does this, I'm going to leave it for you to find out.

This 5 volume series, although not one of the most explicit or shocking stories I've come across, has its merits for having enough power to draw its reader into its sordid world. However, the story will lose its overall strength if you don't read them all. The stories were not told chronologically and unfolds the characters a crease at a time. For about two volumes, I was confused by which of the child blew the other child away  or why Angel decided to discard his line of work to   swap for a cassock.  The artwork, well,  it's not the exquisite bishonens with glittering eyes but its simplicity is appealing to me. The intense storyline definitely made this set of books more attractive than it is.

 

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