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!Priests
[[folder:Amara]]
!!Father Amara
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ClarkJohnson
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A New York priest and exorcist.
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!!Father Amara
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ClarkJohnson
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A New York priest and exorcist.
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* ParentalSubstitute: Seems to be one for David. David's father is still alive, of course, but Father Amara is the one he turns to for advice specific to his priestly calling.
* PutOnABus: Disappears from the series before the end of Season 1, due to a lawsuit concerning the aftermath of one of his exorcisms.
* PutOnABus: Disappears from the series before the end of Season 1, due to a lawsuit concerning the aftermath of one of his exorcisms.
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* ParentalSubstitute: BenevolentBoss: He may be even friendlier toward the assessors than Korecki was.
* TheBusCameBack: He leaves the parish after his recovery in order to resist temptation with Msgr. Korecki. After Korecki is murdered he returns to take up his duties.
* ClosetGay: He and Korecki were mutually in love, which is why they kept to separate parishes.
* MovingBeyondBereavement: Seems to beone for David. David's father is still alive, of course, but Father Amara is a factor in his working with the one he turns to for advice specific to his priestly calling.
* PutOnABus: Disappearsassessors.
-->“People think they’re being helpful when they take work away fromthe series before a mourner. They’re not. I need work more than anything now.”
* UnexplainedRecovery: While he never actually died, he was so close to the endof Season 1, due that it’s a shock when he recovers his health. David attributes the weight that leaves him, which they initially thought was his soul, to a lawsuit concerning the aftermath of one of his exorcisms.demon that had formerly been oppressing him. [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane As things tend to go on this show]], it’s not confirmed either way.
* TheBusCameBack: He leaves the parish after his recovery in order to resist temptation with Msgr. Korecki. After Korecki is murdered he returns to take up his duties.
* ClosetGay: He and Korecki were mutually in love, which is why they kept to separate parishes.
* MovingBeyondBereavement: Seems to be
* PutOnABus: Disappears
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* UnexplainedRecovery: While he never actually died, he was so close to the end
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!!Father Amara
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ClarkJohnson
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A New York priest and exorcist.
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* ParentalSubstitute: Seems to be one for David. David's father is still alive, of course, but Father Amara is the one he turns to for advice specific to his priestly calling.
* PutOnABus: Disappears from the series before the end of Season 1, due to a lawsuit concerning the aftermath of one of his exorcisms.
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Boris [=McGiver=]
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Boris [=McGiver=]Creator/BorisMcGiver
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* ClosetGay: In Season 3, it's revealed that he and Father Ignatius are in love, but stay keep themselves assigned to far apart parishes to ensure they aren't tempted.
* DyingDeclarationOfLove: His last words are to beg David to tell Ignatius that he loves him.
* DyingDeclarationOfLove: His last words are to beg David to tell Ignatius that he loves him.
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* MysteriousPast: Leland is dumbfounded that he has never heard of her when they first meet, as she immediately sees through his FauxAffablyEvil mask before he even speaks or she knows anything about him. Later, she tells David that she gave up the love of her life to be a nun, but nothing else is known about her.
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* DidNotThinkThisThrough: She rejects helping Kurt write his book, dismissing him with a few Christian pamphlets. This sends him right into Leland's clutches.
* MysteriousPast: Leland is dumbfounded that he has never heard of her when they first meet, as she immediately sees through his FauxAffablyEvil mask before he even speaks or she knows anything about him. Later, she tells David that she gave up the love of her life to be a nun, and later tells him the story of her first vision, but nothing else is known about her.
* MysteriousPast: Leland is dumbfounded that he has never heard of her when they first meet, as she immediately sees through his FauxAffablyEvil mask before he even speaks or she knows anything about him. Later, she tells David that she gave up the love of her life to be a nun, and later tells him the story of her first vision, but nothing else is known about her.
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* PsychicPowers: She has the ability to see demons in the real world, but cannot reveal this to the patriarchal church without being branded a heretic. She explains that the ability is shared by others to varying degrees based on their "goodness", and David is one of them, but since he isn't as good, he doesn't see demons anywhere near as often as her.
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* ReassignedToAntarctica: Implied. She used to teach in a Catholic school, but now basically works as a maid in the seminary, with the implication being that her outspoken attitude got her demoted.
* PsychicPowers: Ambiguous, like the rest of the series. She frequently has visions of the supernatural, which she explains as the ability to see angels and demons in the real world, butcannot reveal this tends to the patriarchal church without being keep it quiet because she's nearly branded a heretic. She explains that the ability is shared by others to varying degrees based on their "goodness", and David is one of them, but since he isn't as good, he doesn't see demons anywhere near as often as her. However, alternatively, she might just be mentally ill and having religious-themed hallucinations.
* PsychicPowers: Ambiguous, like the rest of the series. She frequently has visions of the supernatural, which she explains as the ability to see angels and demons in the real world, but
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* TheChessmaster: He spends most of season 3 covertly negotiating with the Chinese government, to the point that they agree to both locate Grace within a Labor Camp ''and'' extradite her to America.
* CreepyGood: He's a mysterious agent who likes to pop in to see David in his own bedroom, and gives off the air of government assassin.
* CreepyGood: He's a mysterious agent who likes to pop in to see David in his own bedroom, and gives off the air of government assassin.
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* TheChessmaster: He spends most of season 3 covertly negotiating with the Chinese government, to the point that they agree to both locate Grace within a Labor Camp ''and'' extradite her to America.
America. He does this under the nose of the American Government.
* CreepyGood: He's a mysterious agent who likes to pop in to see David in his own bedroom, and gives off the air of government assassin. He's also part of the effort to eliminate the demonic houses, and seems to be doing pretty well.
* CreepyGood: He's a mysterious agent who likes to pop in to see David in his own bedroom, and gives off the air of government assassin. He's also part of the effort to eliminate the demonic houses, and seems to be doing pretty well.
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* WouldHurtAChild: In season 3, he's determined to prevent Lexis from ascending to a demonic throne, and will eliminate her if there is no other option.
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* CharacterDeath: He's murdered by Leland in Season 3 while protecting Grace.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: He disappears near the end of Season 2, with his job of overseeing of the assessors going back to Monsignor Korecki. This is because his actor passed away unexpectedly.
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* TheDanza: She shares a first name with her actress.
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!The Entity
[[folder: [=LaConte=] ]]
!!Victor [=LaConte=]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/BrianDarcyJames
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A mysterious "friend of the Vatican", who oversees black ops missions on behalf of the church.
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* BlasphemousBoast: He goes so far as to categorically claim that he knows "what God wants".
* TheChessmaster: He spends most of season 3 covertly negotiating with the Chinese government, to the point that they agree to both locate Grace within a Labor Camp ''and'' extradite her to America.
* CreepyGood: He's a mysterious agent who likes to pop in to see David in his own bedroom, and gives off the air of government assassin.
* GenreRefugee: He's the Handler from an espionage thriller transplanted to an Urban Horror setting.
* TheHandler: He recruits David to be a friend of the Vatican in Season 3, and takes on this role for him. He often appears to give David odd assignments at inopportune times.
* InsistentTerminology: No David, there is no such thing as "The Entity". There are only "friends of the Vatican".
* TheSpook: He holds no official title within the Church, but all Church officials seem to defer to him. He may be an intelligence agent for the US Government assisting the Church, or he may be a high ranking member of the Church's own secret service.
!The Entity
[[folder: [=LaConte=] ]]
!!Victor [=LaConte=]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/BrianDarcyJames
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A mysterious "friend of the Vatican", who oversees black ops missions on behalf of the church.
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* BlasphemousBoast: He goes so far as to categorically claim that he knows "what God wants".
* TheChessmaster: He spends most of season 3 covertly negotiating with the Chinese government, to the point that they agree to both locate Grace within a Labor Camp ''and'' extradite her to America.
* CreepyGood: He's a mysterious agent who likes to pop in to see David in his own bedroom, and gives off the air of government assassin.
* GenreRefugee: He's the Handler from an espionage thriller transplanted to an Urban Horror setting.
* TheHandler: He recruits David to be a friend of the Vatican in Season 3, and takes on this role for him. He often appears to give David odd assignments at inopportune times.
* InsistentTerminology: No David, there is no such thing as "The Entity". There are only "friends of the Vatican".
* TheSpook: He holds no official title within the Church, but all Church officials seem to defer to him. He may be an intelligence agent for the US Government assisting the Church, or he may be a high ranking member of the Church's own secret service.
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IconicItem: His exorcism kit. He's very fond of it, and its weathered appearance does make him seem like quite the experienced exorcist. However, Sister Andrea reveals that this is partially for show, and that he uses sandpaper at night to weather it and make it more look more used, in order to give him the appearance of expertise.
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* IconicItem: His exorcism kit. He's very fond of it, and its weathered appearance does make him seem like quite the experienced exorcist. However, Sister Andrea reveals that this is partially for show, and that he uses sandpaper at night to weather it and make it more look more used, in order to give him the appearance of expertise.
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* GamblingAddict: He was in recovery prior to the second season, but he relapses and badly when he discovers online poker. It gets so bad that he ends up in $40,000 in debt to a violent LoanShark, and Leland uses the information to blackmail him into faking his three part exorcism.
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* GamblingAddict: TheGamblingAddict: He was in recovery prior to the second season, but he relapses and badly when he discovers online poker. It gets so bad that he ends up in $40,000 in debt to a violent LoanShark, and Leland uses the information to blackmail him into faking his three part exorcism.exorcism.
IconicItem: His exorcism kit. He's very fond of it, and its weathered appearance does make him seem like quite the experienced exorcist. However, Sister Andrea reveals that this is partially for show, and that he uses sandpaper at night to weather it and make it more look more used, in order to give him the appearance of expertise.
IconicItem: His exorcism kit. He's very fond of it, and its weathered appearance does make him seem like quite the experienced exorcist. However, Sister Andrea reveals that this is partially for show, and that he uses sandpaper at night to weather it and make it more look more used, in order to give him the appearance of expertise.
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* WoundThatWouldNotHeal: He claims to have one, as his back will spontaneously start bleeding as if he has large gashes, when he says he has no wounds. However, crucially he never shows the team this, and David only sees the blood seeping through his clothes, and it's implied to perhaps just be injuries he got from his loan shark attacking him.
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* WoundThatWouldNotHeal: WoundThatWillNotHeal: He claims to have one, as his back will spontaneously start bleeding as if he has large gashes, when he says he has no wounds. However, crucially he never shows the team this, and David only sees the blood seeping through his clothes, and it's implied to perhaps just be injuries he got from his loan shark attacking him.
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* SignatureItem: His exorcism kit. He's very fond of it, and its weathered appearance does make him seem like quite the experienced exorcist. However, Sister Andrea reveals that this is partially for show, and that he uses sandpaper at night to weather it and make it more look more used, in order to give him the appearance of expertise.
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* AlmightyJanitor: For all intents and purposes she is a maid in the seminary, but is actually one the most powerful allies for the forces of good in the series. She's held back because of both sexism and her own sense of duty.
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* MysteriousPast: Leland is dumbfounded that he has never heard of her when they first meet, as she immediately sees through his FauxAffablyEvil mask before he even speaks or she knows anything about him. Later, she tells David that she gave up the love of her life to be a nun, but nothing else is known about her.
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* PsychicPowers: She has the ability to see demons in the real world, but cannot reveal this to the patriarchal church without being branded a heretic. She explains that the ability is shared by others to varying degrees based on their "goodness", and David is one of them, but since he isn't as good, he doesn't see demons anywhere near as often as her.
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* ForcedIntoEvil: Leland blackmails him with his secret gambling debts to force him to fake his exorcism.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's not the nicest fellow, very much believing in the patriarchy and disrespecting religious beliefs that conflict with his own.
* GamblingAddict: He was in recovery prior to the second season, but he relapses and badly when he discovers online poker. It gets so bad that he ends up in $40,000 in debt to a violent LoanShark, and Leland uses the information to blackmail him into faking his three part exorcism.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's not the nicest fellow, very much believing in the patriarchy and disrespecting religious beliefs that conflict with his own.
* GamblingAddict: He was in recovery prior to the second season, but he relapses and badly when he discovers online poker. It gets so bad that he ends up in $40,000 in debt to a violent LoanShark, and Leland uses the information to blackmail him into faking his three part exorcism.
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* WoundThatWouldNotHeal: He claims to have one, as his back will spontaneously start bleeding as if he has large gashes, when he says he has no wounds. However, crucially he never shows the team this, and David only sees the blood seeping through his clothes, and it's implied to perhaps just be injuries he got from his loan shark attacking him.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Her default mode, as she doesn't suffer fools but her low status in the church means she can mostly express this through snark.
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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: He's not happy sharing exorcism duties with a sheikh in "F is for Fire", due to the spirit being a djinn (and thus from Islam rather than Christianity), but they make it work eventually... [[spoiler:Or do they?]]
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* TheAllegedBoss: Shows up once or twice an episode to tell the trio what their case is and listen to their ideas, but doesn't really direct them. He did have to approve Kristen's regular employment with them, though.
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* PutOnABus: He disappears from the show without much of an explanation when Bishop Marx turns up and becomes the gang's church contact.
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* PutOnABus: He disappears from the show without much of an explanation when Bishop Marx turns up and becomes the gang's church contact. [[TheBusCameBack He returns near the end of the second season]], looking somewhat enthusiastic at David's celebration of becoming a priest.
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* PutOnABus: Disappears from the series before the end of Season 1, due to a lawsuit concerning the aftermath of one of his exorcisms.
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!!Father Mulvehill
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/BrianStokesMitchell
Father Amara's replacement during Season 2.
* PutOnABus: Due to gambling problems revealed by the assessors, he is sent to a "retreat" rather than embarrass the Church. [[TheBusCameBack He reappears briefly in "S is for Silence"]] to assist with an exorcism at the silent monastery, most likely because that's where his "retreat" happened to be.
!!Father Mulvehill
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/BrianStokesMitchell
Father Amara's replacement during Season 2.
* PutOnABus: Due to gambling problems revealed by the assessors, he is sent to a "retreat" rather than embarrass the Church. [[TheBusCameBack He reappears briefly in "S is for Silence"]] to assist with an exorcism at the silent monastery, most likely because that's where his "retreat" happened to be.
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* NeverMessWithGranny: Despite being in her older years, she's probably the most capable member of the church and isn't afraid to get her hands dirty.
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* {{Jerkass}}: He's a narrow-minded, domineering teacher who doesn't want his students to give their opinions.
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!Nuns
[[folder:Andrea]]
!!Sister Andrea
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/AndreaMartin
* CoolOldLady: She's easily the coolest church member, being a snarky warrior of God with nerves of steel; unlike the other members of the church, she sees through Leland immediately and has zero patience for his antics.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's a narrow-minded, domineering teacher who doesn't want his students to give their opinions.
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!Nuns
[[folder:Andrea]]
!!Sister Andrea
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/AndreaMartin
* CoolOldLady: She's easily the coolest church member, being a snarky warrior of God with nerves of steel; unlike the other members of the church, she sees through Leland immediately and has zero patience for his antics.
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* MrExposition: His job is essentially to exposit about the case-of-the-week for the team.
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!The Catholic Church
[[folder:Korecki]]
!!Monsignor Matthew Korecki
->'''Portrayed By:''' Boris [=McGiver=]
A monsignor[[note]]title applied to senior clergy in the Catholic Church[[/note]] who oversees David's mission.
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* TheAllegedBoss: Shows up once or twice an episode to tell the trio what their case is and listen to their ideas, but doesn't really direct them. He did have to approve Kristen's regular employment with them, though.
* BenevolentBoss: Overall seems understanding and amiable towards David and his crew.
* PutOnABus: He disappears from the show without much of an explanation when Bishop Marx turns up and becomes the gang's church contact.
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[[folder:Marx]]
!!Bishop Thomas Marx
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/PeterScolari
A Bishop reassigned to David's diocese when an exorcism by David and Father Amara is the subject of a lawsuit.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: He's just odd enough to make him seem a little creepy, and a little less than benevolent.
* MysteriousEmployer: Could just be a buttoned-up personality, but if he has an agenda, he's kept it secret.
* SlaveToPR: He's pretty unapologetically concerned about the public image of the church, and his first question when it comes to cases is usually to do with liability.
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!!Father Amara
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ClarkJohnson
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A New York priest and exorcist.
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* ParentalSubstitute: Seems to be one for David. David's father is still alive, of course, but Father Amara is the one he turns to for advice specific to his priestly calling.
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[[folder:Kay]]
!!Father John Kay
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/DylanBaker
A New York priest and David's seminary teacher.
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!!Monsignor Matthew Korecki
->'''Portrayed By:''' Boris [=McGiver=]
A monsignor[[note]]title applied to senior clergy in the Catholic Church[[/note]] who oversees David's mission.
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* TheAllegedBoss: Shows up once or twice an episode to tell the trio what their case is and listen to their ideas, but doesn't really direct them. He did have to approve Kristen's regular employment with them, though.
* BenevolentBoss: Overall seems understanding and amiable towards David and his crew.
* PutOnABus: He disappears from the show without much of an explanation when Bishop Marx turns up and becomes the gang's church contact.
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!!Bishop Thomas Marx
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/PeterScolari
A Bishop reassigned to David's diocese when an exorcism by David and Father Amara is the subject of a lawsuit.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: He's just odd enough to make him seem a little creepy, and a little less than benevolent.
* MysteriousEmployer: Could just be a buttoned-up personality, but if he has an agenda, he's kept it secret.
* SlaveToPR: He's pretty unapologetically concerned about the public image of the church, and his first question when it comes to cases is usually to do with liability.
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!!Father Amara
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ClarkJohnson
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A New York priest and exorcist.
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* ParentalSubstitute: Seems to be one for David. David's father is still alive, of course, but Father Amara is the one he turns to for advice specific to his priestly calling.
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[[folder:Kay]]
!!Father John Kay
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/DylanBaker
A New York priest and David's seminary teacher.
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