I saw the child in the church where he’d taken refuge. An atheist myself, I wondered at his old-fashioned notion of sanctuary.
He pretended not to see me, but I knew he could. I waited for the boy to show himself. At last he came weeping to me, another unbeliever.
Paul Jenkins is director of library services at the College of Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati Ohio.
It’s good to see a timely tale like this.
Where I live, a priest was shot dead the other day in his home on the church property.
Sanctuary, indeed.
Yes, good to see your timely tale