Author's Note: This is a story of non-consensual/reluctant, gay sex. There are elements of religion. If any of these things offend you, please do NOT read any further! You have been warned!
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'Bless me father, for I have sinned.'
The familiar words spilled easily from my lips, even if I knew the confession itself wouldn't be as easy.
'It has been at least 6 months since my last confession.' I admitted, somewhat ashamed.
While not a terribly religious man, I normally went through the motions of being a good Catholic. I attended church every Sunday, not just on Christmas and Easter. I took communion. I tithed money every week. The only thing I had problems with was confessing my sins to the parish priest on a regular basis.
I tended to stave off my confessional visits until my conscience got the better of me. I would struggle with my feelings for awhile, and eventually would drag myself into the church on a Saturday afternoon, knowing that was the busiest time at the confessionals, hoping that the old priest wouldn't place my voice as I confessed my sins to him.
This Saturday was no different. In fact, if anything it was busier than normal, and I noticed that 2 confessionals were being used. I grew a bit concerned, not knowing which one old Father Francis was in. I preferred confessing to him because I was fairly certain he had no clue who I was, and while probably somewhat mortified by my confession, he would absolve me with my promise of contrition.
I played a mental game of eenie, meenie, miney, moe and stepped into the line that I hoped would be Father Francis' line. After waiting approximately half an hour for people to enter the small, closet-like confessional, it was finally my turn.
As I peered through the mesh screen that separated me from the priest, I was able to visually deduce that it WASN'T Father Francis, but was in fact another priest whom I had seldom seen around, Father Donahue. His smooth, but firm voice responded to my request for blessing.
'The fact that you are here now, my son, shows that you are repentant. What are your sins?'
I hesitated slightly, and felt my voice drop to a whisper.
'Father, I have been struggling with...Homosexual desires...' I could feel his judgmental silence in the confines of his own part of the confessional, but I continued. 'I find myself becoming aroused in the presence of other men...Wanting to do sexual things with them.'
I stopped, waiting to hear his reply. My heart was thumping loudly in my chest. I had come to confess this a few times before, and after my confession, I would kneel in a pew and say my required acts of contrition before returning home to my wife. This would keep me for a few months before the feelings would rise to the surface, yet again. I hadn't yet acted on my desires, but God, I wanted to! I depended on my parish priest to give me strength and save me from myself.
After a brief silence from Father Donahue, he replied in his low voice.
'Tell me these feelings, my son. What about men arouses you? What is it that you desire?'
I was aghast, as Father Francis had never asked such questions before. He would offer a small lecture on the evil of sodomy, and the abomination of homosexuals before granting me forgiveness and sending me on my way with the assigned penance.
'Well..I...I don't know. I find men attractive. Their strength. Their scent. The idea of feeling a muscular body against mine.'
Quickly I reminded him that I hadn't acted yet on my desires...
'I can't help it, Father. When I'm in a situation where I'm around men, I can't help but get aroused.'
'What do you mean by aroused?' He asked. 'And what acts are you wanting to perform?
I stammered briefly...Shocked that the priest would want details.
'Well....My penis becomes erect. I find myself breathing hard. My heart begins to beat faster.' I struggled to find the words. 'I want to become intimate with another man.'
'And what do you mean by intimate?' He pressed.
I stumbled over my words, unable to say aloud the things I had been thinking..Desiring..His silence was deafening as he waited for me to reply to his question.
'I want another man to touch me.' I finally whispered.
'Touch you where? How?'
I blinked, again feeling such shame. I knew my face must be beet-red from the burning I felt. My voice dropped into an even softer whisper.
'I want a man to touch my penis. And I want to touch his.'
I could tell by his silence that he wanted me to continue...He wasn't satisfied by so brief a description. The words didn't come any easier.
'I want to put my mouth on his penis. I want to suck it. I fantasize about it constantly.'
'I see' Came the reply. 'Is that all you wish to partake in? Or is there more?'
I groaned quietly to myself. I couldn't believe he was asking for such details. The shame in revealing this to him was nearly more than I could bear.
'There's more father. I desire to have sex with a man. I really crave having a man put his penis in my...Anus....And to have sex with me that way.'
'Ahh, you want your ass fucked.'
I nearly fell out of my chair when I heard his reply.
Suddenly the door between the two, small rooms began to slowly open. The squeal of the hinges broke the silence, and I stood up quickly, knocking the chair in the confessional back against the wall with a loud slam.
Father Donahue stepped through the door and put a finger to my lips, shushing me. He placed his hand on my shoulder and bade me to return to my seat, quietly. I did as he requested, stunned that he would break the confidentiality of confession and horribly ashamed that he now knew who I was.
Father Donahue was a large man. His body appeared to be full of hard muscle underneath his cassock, probably from years of hard, parish work. The priests in this parish weren't afraid to get their hands dirty when it came to doing the physical work that needed to be done. He was a middle-aged man; Ruggedly handsome. His temples were graying on his otherwise thick, head of hair.
I sat back in my chair, terrified and unsure of the purpose of his exposure of me. Was he going to excommunicate me? Was he going to expose my secrets to my wife?
He saw the fear and confusion on my face and smiled benevolently.
'Don't worry, my son. I'm not here to judge or condemn you. I see your struggle with the flesh, and wish to help you to deal with your desires.'
'How...How can you do that?' I asked. Admittedly, I was momentarily elated, thinking maybe he had the 'cure'.
He then leaned forward, his large body towering over my seated one. His hands were on the arms of the confessional chair as he pressed his lips against my ear and whispered.
'God loves you, my son. No matter what feelings are inside you. He has created you as you are. You have caused harm to nobody, and you have not sinned.'
I began to shake slightly, and felt the prickling, burning sensation of tears building behind my eyes. I nodded my head, struggling to keep back the tears. I was amazed that instead of being condemned, I was being told that I was ok!
His lips didn't leave my ear, and suddenly I felt his hand brush my thigh. The nearness of this large man began to arouse me against my own wishes. He continued to murmur in my ear, how sexual desire was good and natural. I squirmed slightly, scared that he would notice the growing bulge in my pants.
Sure enough, as his hand continued to stroke my thigh, his knuckles grazed against my erection. I froze instantly, a whine caught in my throat. His hand froze against me as well, and suddenly moved to stroke the firmness beneath my pants.