Young Man of the Cloth

Many of the priests recently found guilty of sexual abuse attended seminary training in the 1950's and 1960' What was it like to come of age in a sheltered religious environment? What was seminary and monastic life like in those days? How did seminary students and those responsible for their training deal with sexuality? Find out answers to these and other questions about priest in training in this memoir covering ages thirteen to twenty for a seminarian. Although the Catholic Church is somewhat different today, see how old traditions and beliefs affected the training of prospective priests and what it was like to grow up in the shadow of their influence.