And so um, I knew that I really didn't want to be a priest and didn't want to be a celibate, though I could probably manage it. Um, and um, ultimately I left.

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• Thomas Keneally:

  Australia integrated the - brought on the ships and unleashed in the society the dogs of sectariani

• Thomas Keneally:

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