Father Sweet

A shocking tale of secrets, guilt, and clerical child abuse. God has made you special, but I will show you how to have an extraordinary life. Show you true love, as God intended for our kind. It s 1978. Blackburn Hamlet is a typical suburban village in eastern Ontario. In this vibrant Catholic community, life revolves around family and church. Then the safe comfort of both is destroyed by the arrival of a predator priest.When charismatic Father Sweet invites his new favourite altar boy on a camping trip, the boy s parents insist he go. Trapped in the woods, the boy struggles to evade the priest s sexual advances. But Father Sweet forces him to make an impossible choice.Twenty-five years later, he is lost, broken, and angry. His father s death reveals secrets that spur the man to relive his own past. Desiring justice, in need of healing, he discovers, in a daring rescue mission, a way to achieve both.