From
Tineke Ferwerda’s “Sister Philothea: Relationships between Women and Roman
Catholic Priests” (1989; translated 1993) (p. 176; paragraph breaks added for
clarity):
To begin
with, intercourse was threatening for him.
He thought it splendid to pet and to be caressed, particularly the
latter. It was a surprise to find that
there was someone who loved him. And I
was good at that. Really he learned a
lot from me. Later he was also proud of
this. With patience and practice our
relationship became very satisfying in the sexual sphere. We made love a lot. Up to the moment when I noticed that he was
putting what he had learned into practice with other women.
Did it
sometimes give him a kick to be such a good lover? There happened to be women who themselves had
had an unhappy relationship and sought consolation with him. He found it quite normal to do this. If other women needed him, he had to give
himself to them. He couldn’t be
exclusively for one person; he had to be there ‘for all’.
. . .
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