Father Tierney Stumbles

<p>In the blink of an eye everything has changed for Father Joe Tierney. He feels trapped. He needs to get away-far away. Dressed in disguise he opens the door of the STD clinic and runs until his sides hurt and he is gasping for air. Father Tierney activist pastor of a large Catholic parish and closeted gay man has just learned he is HIV positive.</p><p>As if the diagnosis were not enough a big city newspaper has just published an expos�� on Catholic priests with AIDS. Father Tierney must guard his secret with his life or become the victim of a witch hunt or worse yet a public scandal of monumental proportions. Desperate to confide in someone Father Tierney finally reveals his secret to Pascal LaVigne his openly gay friend. But when Pascal hears from his ex-boyfriend a freelance writer who wants to write a similar story with a local angle Father Tierney and others in the Catholic Church fear the worst.</p> <p>As guilt shame and a desperate struggle for redemption plays out in the lives of clergy friends and the media Father Tierney struggles to keep a secret that has the potential to destroy everything-including his own soul. </p>