#and then screaming at them from the pulpit
Ok OK ok but I want to talk about that
Because him being unable to get their attention until he starts bellowing angrily at them from the pulpit exactly like Monsignor Wick, and the way they all reflexively sit down in the pews and submit
And what a pulpit it is, absolutely striking and strange, separating him, fencing him in like a fortress, lifting him up above them
And he's having his moment, he's shaming them, he's *winning*
And he is visibly aligned with the methods and motives of Monsignor Wick
And then he looks at Father Jud, and he has his Damascus moment
And he steps down from Monsignor Wick's pulpit
And he seats himself on the steps in front of them, putting himself on the same level (the way Father Jud interacts with them, breaking down walls)
And he humbles himself and gives up his win, and grants selfless grace
And I *LOVE* that, how clearly he winds up delineating the difference between the two priest's approach to religion, and to masculinity, and to community
Monsignor Wick's church was a spotless white tomb concealing the corruption hidden inside, a fortress that was hard to enter and easy to leave, and he did his best to drive everyone out that he couldn't dominate completely
Father Jud's church was always open, of course, and welcomed all, and shared from a place of vulnerability that loved you *while* you were guilty, not after you were innocent