The Bishop's Man: A Novel

Father Duncan MacAskill knows all about temptation, all the devious ways that lonely priests persuade themselves that their private needs trump their vows. His fellow priests call him the “Exorcist” behind his back because he’s spent most of his priesthood as the bishop’s clean-up man, sent in to discipline the wayward priests and defuse potential scandal while moderating the emotions of the victims too—something that has been increasingly wearing away at his sense of justice and calling.

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