Suffocated by Church

Autobiography of an Australian man, through the 1960s to present day, including true accounts of his life as it was informed by and dictated by the Catholic Church.

Paul struggles with European Christian-based expectations of how a normal man should live and behave, in reality Paul is gay, though due to church pressures, he denies his sexuality to the point of marriage in the church.

Paul has suffered sexual abuse by clergy as a teenager, which compounds his mental health struggles leading to PTSD, anxiety and depression.

How does Paul survive and thrive as an older adult?